coleus
Noun
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Any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers (synset 112865699)
is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestssubtypes:
- coleus amboinicus, coleus aromaticus, country borage, plectranthus amboinicus - an aromatic fleshy herb of India and Ceylon to South Africa; sometimes placed in genus Plectranthus
- coleus blumei, joseph's coat, painted nettle, solenostemon blumei, solenostemon scutellarioides - perennial aromatic herb of southeastern Asia having large usually bright-colored or blotched leaves and spikes of blue-violet flowers; sometimes placed in genus Solenostemon
belongs to: genus coleus - genus of Old World tropical plants cultivated for their variegated leaves; various plants sometimes placed in genera Plectranthus or Solenostemonsame as: flame nettle
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