Associations to the word «Coleus»

Wiktionary

COLEUS, noun. A plant of several species of the mint family, cultivated for its bright-colored or variegated leaves.
COLEUS, proper noun. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae   — now in genera Plectranthus and Solenostemon.

Dictionary definition

COLEUS, noun. Any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats