CLEOME, in Botany: A genus of the filiquosa order, belonging to the tetradymania class of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 25th order, Putaminea. There are three nectariferous glands,
dules, one at each sinus of the calyx except the lowest; the petals all rising upwards; the filiqua unilocular and bivalved. There are 15 species, all of them, except two, natives of warm climates. They are herbaceous plants, rising from one to two feet high, and are adorned with flowers of various colours, as red, yellow, flesh-colour, &c. They are propagated by seeds, and require no other care than what is common to other exotics which are natives of warm countries.