| NOUN | plant | painted nettle, Joseph's coat, Coleus blumei, Solenostemon blumei, Solenostemon scutellarioides | perennial aromatic herb of southeastern Asia having large usually bright-colored or blotched leaves and spikes of blue-violet flowers |
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| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | Joseph's coat, Coleus blumei, Solenostemon blumei, Solenostemon scutellarioides | |
| Broader | coleus, flame nettle | Any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers |
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