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SOLENOSTEMON SCUTELLARIOIDES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Solenostemon scutellarioides mean? 

SOLENOSTEMON SCUTELLARIOIDES (noun)
  The noun SOLENOSTEMON SCUTELLARIOIDES has 1 sense:

1. perennial aromatic herb of southeastern Asia having large usually bright-colored or blotched leaves and spikes of blue-violet flowers; sometimes placed in genus Solenostemonplay

  Familiarity information: SOLENOSTEMON SCUTELLARIOIDES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SOLENOSTEMON SCUTELLARIOIDES (noun)


Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Coleus blumei; Joseph's coat; painted nettle; Solenostemon blumei; Solenostemon scutellarioides

Hypernyms ("Solenostemon scutellarioides" 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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