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English noun: beefsteak plant

1. beefsteak plant (plant) plant grown for its ornamental red or purple foliage


SynonymsPerilla frutescens crispa


Broader (hypernym)herb, herbaceous plant


Member meronymgenus Perilla, Perilla

2. beefsteak plant (plant) South American plant having green to purple or red branches with green to purple ornamental foliage and spikes of insignificant woolly flowers with dry membranous bracts


Synonymsbeef plant, Iresine herbstii, Iresine reticulata


Broader (hypernym)bloodleaf









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