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Definition of Solenostemon
1. Noun. Genus of shrubby often succulent herbs of tropical Africa and Asia; includes some plants often placed in genus Coleus.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Labiatae, Family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, Mint Family
Lexicographical Neighbors of Solenostemon
Literary usage of Solenostemon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Labiatarum Genera Et Species: Or, A Description of the Genera and Species of by George Bentham (1836)
"Solenostemon. Schum. I'l. Gain. 1 :! ... that the under-mentioned sec- 11 liare
as different from one another in habit as that of Solenostemon 15 from ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"Solenostemon (Greek, tube and thread, referring to the fact that the filaments
are grown together, at their base, ..."
3. Liberia by Harry Hamilton Johnston, Otto Stapf (1906)
"Solenostemon ocymoides, Schum, and Thorn.: an annual herb with nettle-like leaves
and long spike-like racemes of ..."
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