SPIDER FLOWER

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Meaning:

Native to South America but naturalized in warm parts of United States; grown for its long-lasting spider-shaped white to pink-purple flowers

Synonyms:

Cleome hassleriana; spider flower; spider plant

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("spider flower" is a kind of...):

cleome; spiderflower (any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers)

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