Coleus Definition

kōlē-əs
noun
Any of a genus (Coleus) of plants of the mint family, native to Africa and the East Indies, grown for their bright-colored leaves.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • flame nettle
pronoun

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae — now in genera Plectranthus and Solenostemon.

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Other Word Forms of Coleus

Noun

Singular:
coleus
Plural:
coleuses

Origin of Coleus

  • New Latin Coleus genus name from Greek koleos sheath (from the way the filaments of its stamens are joined in a tube) kel-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the former genus name Coleus, from Ancient Greek κολεός (koleos, “a sheath”), referring to the manner in which the stamens are united.

    From Wiktionary

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