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COLEUS AMBOINICUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Coleus amboinicus mean?
• COLEUS AMBOINICUS (noun)
The noun COLEUS AMBOINICUS has 1 sense:
1. an aromatic fleshy herb of India and Ceylon to South Africa; sometimes placed in genus Plectranthus
Familiarity information: COLEUS AMBOINICUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An aromatic fleshy herb of India and Ceylon to South Africa; sometimes placed in genus Plectranthus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Coleus amboinicus; Coleus aromaticus; country borage; Plectranthus amboinicus
Hypernyms ("Coleus amboinicus" is a kind of...):
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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