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    PAINTED NETTLE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Perennial aromatic herb of southeastern Asia having large usually bright-colored or blotched leaves and spikes of blue-violet flowers; sometimes placed in genus Solenostemonplay

    Synonyms:

    Coleus blumei; Joseph's coat; painted nettle; Solenostemon blumei; Solenostemon scutellarioides

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("painted nettle" 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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