genus coleus

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   genus of Old World tropical plants cultivated for their variegated leaves; various plants sometimes placed in genera Plectranthus or Solenostemon

   Broaderasterid dicot genus

   Part ofLabiatae

Questions about genus coleus

What does genus coleus mean?

genus coleus means "genus of Old World tropical plants cultivated for their variegated leaves; various plants sometimes placed in genera Plectranthus or Solenostemon".

Is genus coleus a common word?

genus coleus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.