Definition of Plectranthus

1. Noun. Any of various ornamental plants of the genus Plectranthus.

Group relationships: Genus Plectranthus
Generic synonyms: Houseplant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plectranthus

plectics
plectile
plectin
plectognath
plectognath fish
plectognathi
plectognaths
plectoneme
plectonemic
plectospondyli
plectospondylous
plectostele
plectosteles
plectostelic
plectra
plectranthus (current term)
plectre
plectres
plectridium
plectron
plectrons
plectrovirus
plectrum
plectrums
pled
pledg
pledge
pledge taker
pledged
pledgee

Literary usage of Plectranthus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1878)
"plectranthus. Natural order, Labiatae. Common name, Gicht-baum. Preparation, Tincture of the plant. ..."

2. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"plectranthus ASPER, Spreng, also P. barbaros, Andr. in Bot. lies. ... plectranthus PARVIFLORA, Willd. P. graveolens, R. Br. plectranthus RUGOSUS, Hauler, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1878)
"plectranthus. Natural order, Labiatae. Common name, Gicht-baum. Preparation, Tincture of the plant. ..."

4. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"plectranthus ASPER, Spreng, also P. barbaros, Andr. in Bot. lies. ... plectranthus PARVIFLORA, Willd. P. graveolens, R. Br. plectranthus RUGOSUS, Hauler, ..."

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