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FLAME NETTLE

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Meaning:

Any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers

Synonyms:

coleus; flame nettle

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("flame nettle" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flame nettle"):

Coleus amboinicus; Coleus aromaticus; country borage; Plectranthus amboinicus (an aromatic fleshy herb of India and Ceylon to South Africa; sometimes placed in genus Plectranthus)

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

Holonyms ("flame nettle" is a member of...):

genus Coleus (genus of Old World tropical plants cultivated for their variegated leaves; various plants sometimes placed in genera Plectranthus or Solenostemon)

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