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Coleus   /kˈoʊliəs/   Listen
Coleus

noun
1.
Any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers.  Synonym: flame nettle.



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Coleus amboinicus
Coleus aromaticus
Coleus blumei
genus Coleus


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"Coleus" Quotes from Famous Books



... followed those mysterious navigators step by step; but in the time of Homer they were so restricted to the eastern basin that Italy may be said to have been to them an unknown land. The Phocaeans first explored the western basin; one of their colonies built Marseilles. At length Coleus of Samos passed through the frowning gateway of Hercules into the circumfluous sea, the Atlantic Ocean. No little interest attaches to the first colonial cities; they dotted the shores from Sinope to Saguntum, and were at once ...
— History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) - Revised Edition • John William Draper
... in carrying Coleus through the winter in vigorous health that the modern plan of treating it as an annual is advantageous for the saving of trouble and fire-heat in winter, and also because it offers the charm of ...
— The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots, 16th Edition • Sutton and Sons


Words linked to "Coleus" :   Solenostemon blumei, genus Coleus, flame nettle, painted nettle, Joseph's coat, Plectranthus amboinicus, Coleus amboinicus, herb, Solenostemon scutellarioides, country borage, herbaceous plant


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