coleus

== English == === Etymology === From the genus name translingual Coleus, from Latin coleus, from Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “sheath”) in reference to the manner in which the stamens are united. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkəʊ.li.əs/ === Noun === coleus (plural coleuses) Any of certain plants in the mint family, many used as ornamentals for their colorful, variegated leaves, sometime included in genus Plectranthus (spurflowers), sometimes in their own genus Coleus, especially, Plectranthus scutellarioides, also known as Coleus scutellarioides and Coleus blumei. ==== Translations ==== === References === “coleus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. Coleus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Coleus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Coleus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Coleus at Plants of the World Online === Anagrams === Clouse, Coules, coulés, oscule == Latin == === Etymology === Most likely from colare (“to strain”). Akin to cūleus, culleus (“sack”); also to caulis, cōlis (“stalk”); and cōlum (“sieve”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkoː.ɫe.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔː.le.us] === Noun === cōleus m (genitive cōleī); second declension (vulgar, in the plural) sack (scrotum or testicles) (figurative) courage ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== cōleātus cōleō *cōleum n *cōleūtus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “culleus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “coleus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.