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Leafy houseplant
Answer for the clue "Leafy houseplant ", 6 letters:
coleus
Alternative clues for the word coleus
- Plant with flamboyant foliage
- Plant with flamboyant leaves
- Garden brightener
- Any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers
- Plant with showy leaves
- Mint-family plant with bright-colored leaves and blue flowers
- Showy houseplant
Word definitions for coleus in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Coleus was a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. In recent classifications, the genus is no longer recognized, and the formerly included species are instead placed in the genera Plectranthus and Solenostemon . Because the type species , Coleus ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers [syn: flame nettle ]
Usage examples of coleus.
They reminded Dee of the colorful coleus plants that grew in shady nooks of Gran's garden during the summer.
Many of them had fences of whitened stone, and coleus trees and cheerful flowers had been planted in the dooryards and on the median strip dividing the busy high street.
When the coleus leaves were full-grown they would be the size of handkerchiefs or even larger.
The way he tells it, Coleus of Samos was the first Greek to sail out of the Mediterranean into the Atlantic.
The way he tells it, Coleus of Samos was the first Greek to sail out of the Mediterranean into the Atlantic .
Then they came into abnormally sharp focus: gloxinias and begonias, mounded geraniums and chrysanthemums, coleus and baby’s breath, tall nodding roses in red, white, yellow, pink, and clear orange.
A little snarling mud-colored creature thrust a spidery hand from beneath a coleus and grabbed Eddi’s ankle, and she stopped.
Then he carefully watered his two house plants, a traditional coleus and a goldfish bush.