Coleus

//ˈkəʊ.li.əs// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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,
  2. 2
    any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers wordnet
  3. 3
    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.

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flame nettle

Etymology

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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