cleome

noun

cle·​o·​me

klēˈōmē

1

capitalized : a large genus of herbs or low shrubs (family Capparidaceae) having showy flowers with clawed petals and an elongate-linear stalked pod see spider flower

2

plural -s : any plant of the genus Cleome

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