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    COUNTRY BORAGE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    An aromatic fleshy herb of India and Ceylon to South Africa; sometimes placed in genus Plectranthusplay

    Synonyms:

    Coleus amboinicus; Coleus aromaticus; country borage; Plectranthus amboinicus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("country borage" is a kind of...):

    coleus; flame nettle (any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers)

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