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SPIDER FLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spider flower mean? 

SPIDER FLOWER (noun)
  The noun SPIDER FLOWER has 1 sense:

1. native to South America but naturalized in warm parts of United States; grown for its long-lasting spider-shaped white to pink-purple flowersplay

  Familiarity information: SPIDER FLOWER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPIDER FLOWER (noun)


Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cleome hassleriana; spider flower; spider plant

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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