COLEUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coleus mean? 

• COLEUS (noun)
  The noun COLEUS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: COLEUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLEUS (noun)

Meaning:

Any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

coleus; flame nettle

Hypernyms ("coleus" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coleus"):

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)

Holonyms ("coleus" is a member of...):

genus Coleus (genus of Old World tropical plants cultivated for their variegated leaves; various plants sometimes placed in genera Plectranthus or Solenostemon)