Cleome pinnata

Definitions of Cleome pinnata
  1. noun
    perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cleome
    synonyms: Stanleya pinnata, desert plume, prince's-plume
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    type of:
    subshrub, suffrutex
    low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
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