country borage

Definitions of country borage
  1. noun
    an aromatic fleshy herb of India and Ceylon to South Africa; sometimes placed in genus Plectranthus
    synonyms: Coleus amboinicus, Coleus aromaticus, Plectranthus amboinicus
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    type of:
    coleus, flame nettle
    any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers
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