Meanings
plural coleuses
- 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,
- especially, Plectranthus scutellarioides, also known as Coleus scutellarioides and Coleus blumei.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekκολεός“sheath”
- Latincoleus
- translingualColeus
- Englishcoleus
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.
More words from translingual, Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian копривка
- копривка (koprivka)plant with bright-colored or variegated leaves
Finnish värinokkonen
- värinokkonenplant with bright-colored or variegated leaves
Greek κολεός
- κολεός (koleós)plant with bright-colored or variegated leaves
Russian ко́леус
- ко́леус (kóleus)plant with bright-colored or variegated leaves
Swedish palettblad
- palettbladplant with bright-colored or variegated leaves
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Cite this entry
coleus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coleus
“coleus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coleus. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coleus,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coleus.
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