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  [klee-oh-mee] /kliˈoʊ mi/ noun 1. any of numerous strong-smelling plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Cleome, of the caper family, mostly natives of tropical regions, and often bearing showy flowers. /klɪˈəʊmɪ/ noun 1. any herbaceous or shrubby plant of the mostly tropical capparidaceous genus Cleome, esp C. spinosa, cultivated for their clusters of white […]

• Cleomenes III

  [klee-om-uh-neez] /kliˈɒm əˌniz/ noun 1. died c220 b.c, king of Sparta c235–c220.

• Cleon

  [klee-on] /ˈkli ɒn/ noun 1. died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles. /ˈkliːɒn/ noun 1. died 422 bc, Athenian demagogue and military leader masc. proper name, from Latinized form of Greek kleon, kleos “fame” (see Clio).

• Cleopas

  (abbreviation of Cleopatros), one of the two disciples with whom Jesus conversed on the way to Emmaus on the day of the resurrection (Luke 24:18). We know nothing definitely regarding him. It is not certain that he was the Clopas of John 19:25, or the Alphaeus of Matt. 10:3, although he may have been so.

• Cleopatra

  [klee-uh-pa-truh, -pah-, -pey-] /ˌkli əˈpæ trə, -ˈpɑ-, -ˈpeɪ-/ noun 1. 69–30 b.c, queen of Egypt 51–49, 48–30. 2. a female given name: from Greek words meaning “fame” and “father.”. /ˌkliːəˈpætrə; -ˈpɑː-/ noun 1. a yellow butterfly, Gonepteryx cleopatra, the male of which has its wings flushed with orange /ˌkliːəˈpætrə; -ˈpɑː-/ noun 1. ?69–30 bc, queen […]

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