noun
any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers
• Syn: ↑coleus
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Hyponyms:
↑country borage, ↑Coleus aromaticus, ↑Coleus amboinicus, ↑Plectranthus amboinicus, ↑painted nettle, ↑Joseph's coat, ↑Coleus blumei, ↑Solenostemon blumei, ↑Solenostemon scutellarioides
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Coleus
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noun : a plant of the genus Coleus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.