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coleus

/ˈkəʊ.li.əs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.88 in modern English

Syllables
coleus
IPA
/ˈkəʊ.li.əs/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of certain plants in the mint family, many used as ornamentals for their colorful, variegated leaves, sometime included in genus Plectranthus (spurflowers), sometimes in their own genus Coleus,

noun

Any of certain plants in the mint family, many used as ornamentals for their colorful, variegated leaves, sometime included in genus Plectranthus (spurflowers), sometimes in their own genus Coleus,

Etymology

From the genus name translingual Coleus, from Latin coleus, from Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “sheath”) in reference to the manner in which the stamens are united.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Coleus, κολεός

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

coleuses (plural)

Synonyms

flame nettle

Questions

How do you pronounce coleus?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkəʊ.li.əs/.
What does coleus mean?
Any of certain plants in the mint family, many used as ornamentals for their colorful, variegated leaves, sometime included in genus Plectranthus (spurflowers), sometimes in their own genus Coleus,
Where does coleus come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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