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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 Solenostemon
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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