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noun
Any of certain plants in the mint family, many used as ornamentals for their colorful, variegated leaves, sometime included in genus Plectranthus (spurflowers), sometimes in their own genus Coleus,
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of certain plants in the mint family, many used as ornamentals for their colorful, variegated leaves, sometime included in genus Plectranthus (spurflowers), sometimes in their own genus Coleus,
especially, Plectranthus scutellarioides, also known as Coleus scutellarioides and Coleus blumei.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: flame nettle
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Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
Narrower terms: country borage, Coleus aromaticus, Coleus amboinicus, Plectranthus amboinicus, painted nettle, Joseph's coat, Coleus blumei, Solenostemon blumei, Solenostemon scutellarioides
History
From the genus name translingual Coleus, from Latin coleus, from Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “sheath”) in reference to the manner in which the stamens are united.
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