Etymology · Ancient Greek
κολεός
3 English words descend from Ancient Greek κολεός, most common first.
- coleusAny 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,
- coleoptileA pointed sheath that protects the emerging shoot in monocotyledons such as oats and grasses.
- culeusA Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 1600 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 520 L although differing slightly over time.