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Definition of Painted nettle
1. Noun. Perennial aromatic herb of southeastern Asia having large usually bright-colored or blotched leaves and spikes of blue-violet flowers; sometimes placed in genus Solenostemon.
Exact synonyms: Coleus Blumei, Joseph's Coat, Solenostemon Blumei, Solenostemon Scutellarioides
Generic synonyms: Coleus, Flame Nettle
Generic synonyms: Coleus, Flame Nettle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Painted Nettle
Literary usage of Painted nettle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Music and Manners in France and Germany: A Series of Travelling Sketches of by Henry Fothergill Chorley (1844)
"... not only to travesty themselves in the toque or pour- point of their models;
but also to imagine that because Fra Beato and Raphael painted nettle- ..."
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