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Coleus
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Co′le-us
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a sheath; – referring to the manner in which the stamens are united.]
(Bot.)
A plant of several species of the Mint family, cultivated for its bright-colored or variegated leaves.
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Coleus
Coleus
See also: coleus
Translingual
Proper noun
Coleus m
- (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – now in genera Plectranthus and Solenostemon.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Lamiaceae - family; Nepetoideae - subfamily; Ocimeae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Coleus amboinicus ⇒ Plectranthus amboinicus, Coleus barbatus ⇒ Plectranthus barbatus, Coleus blumei ⇒ Solenostemon scutellarioides, Coleus caninus ⇒ Plectranthus caninus, Coleus edulis ⇒ Plectranthus edulis, Coleus esculentus ⇒ Plectranthus esculentus, Coleus forskohlii ⇒ Plectranthus barbatus, Coleus rotundifolius ⇒ Plectranthus rotundifolius, Coleus scutellarioides ⇒ Solenostemon scutellarioides - species
coleus
coleus
See also: Coleus
English
Noun
coleus (plural coleuses)
- A plant of several species of the mint family, cultivated for its bright-colored or variegated leaves.
Translations
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “a sheath”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkoː.le.us/, [ˈkoː.ɫe.ʊs]
Noun
cōleus m (genitive cōleī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | cōleus | cōleī |
genitive | cōleī | cōleōrum |
dative | cōleō | cōleīs |
accusative | cōleum | cōleōs |
ablative | cōleō | cōleīs |
vocative | cōlee | cōleī |
Descendants
References
- coleus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “coleus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.