| 单词 | cleome |
| 释义 | cleome (once / 5909656 pages) n WORD FAMILY cleome USAGE EXAMPLESIn mid-May, she removes the potted flowers and plants petunias, cleome, coleus and salvia, as well as hydrangeas. New York Times(Jun 18, 2014) Yonder the orange predominates in the showy flowers of the asclepia; and beyond, the eye roams over the pink blossoms of the cleome. Stewart, F.A., The Scalp Hunters(2010) n any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers Syn|Hypo|Hyper spiderflower Cleome hassleriana, spider flower, spider plant native to South America but naturalized in warm parts of United States; grown for its long-lasting spider-shaped white to pink-purple flowers Cleome serrulata, Rocky Mountain bee plant, stinking cloverplant of western North America having trifoliate leaves and white or pink spider-shaped flowers; sometimes used as an ornamental herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests Cleome (once / 590966 pages) n WORD FAMILY Cleome USAGE EXAMPLESFlower of a Cleome of the section Gynandropsis, showing broadened receptacle to bear petals, lengthened stipe below the stamens, and another between these and pistil. Gray, Asa, The Elements of Botany—For Beginner...(2010) Its therapeutic properties are identical with those of the Cleome viscosa. Thomas, Jerome Beers, The Medicinal Plants of the Philipp...(2010) The ground was covered with a grassy sward enamelled by the pink flowers of the Cleome, and the deeper red blossoms of the beautiful wind-flower. Reid, Mayne, Popular Adventure Tales(2010) n tropical and subtropical annual or perennial herbs or low shrubs Syn|Hyper genus Cleome dilleniid dicot genus genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
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