HyperDic: painted_nettle

English > 1 sense of the expression painted nettle:
NOUNplantpainted nettle, Joseph's coat, Coleus blumei, Solenostemon blumei, Solenostemon scutellarioidesperennial aromatic herb of southeastern Asia having large usually bright-colored or blotched leaves and spikes of blue-violet flowers
English > painted nettle: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningperennial aromatic herb of southeastern Asia having large usually bright-colored or blotched leaves and spikes of blue-violet flowers; sometimes placed in genus Solenostemon.
SynonymsJoseph's coat, Coleus blumei, Solenostemon blumei, Solenostemon scutellarioides
Broadercoleus, flame nettleAny of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers

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