English Explanatory Dictionary

coleus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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. especially, Plectranthus scutellarioides, also known as Coleus scutellarioides and Coleus blumei.

Pronunciation

/ˈkəʊ.li.əs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-coleus.wav

Word forms

coleus coleuses

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.

Translations

Bulgarian: копривка Finnish: värinokkonen Greek: κολεός Russian: ко́леус Swedish: palettblad
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