SOLENOSTEMON BLUMEI

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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

Synonyms:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Solenostemon blumei" 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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