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Cleome
Cleome
See also: cleome
Translingual
Proper noun
Cleome f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cleomaceae – some flowering plants, some called spider plants.
Usage notes
Formerly placed in family Capparaceae.
Hyponyms
- (genus): Cleome ornithopodioides (type species); Cleome aculeata, Cleome anomala, Cleome arborea, Cleome augustinensis, Cleome canescens, Cleome chelidonii, Cleome chilensis, Cleome cordobensis, Cleome diffusa, Cleome eosina, Cleome flexuosa, Cleome gigantea, Cleome glabra, Cleome guianensis, Cleome gynandra, Cleome hassleriana, Cleome herrerae, Cleome hirta, Cleome iberica, Cleome isomeris, Cleome lanceolata, Cleome lechleri, Cleome lutea, Cleome micrantha, Cleome monophylla, Cleome paludosa, Cleome parviflora, Cleome pilosa, Cleome platycarpa, Cleome psoraleifolia, Cleome rubella, Cleome rutidosperma, Cleome serrata, Cleome serrulata, Cleome sparsifolia, Cleome speciosa, Cleome spinosa, Cleome stenophylla, Cleome stylosa, Cleome titubans, Cleome trachycarpa, Cleome tucumanensis, Cleome violacea, Cleome viridiflora, Cleome viscosa, Cleome werdermannii (species)