beefsteak plant

1. (noun) 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
Synonyms: Iresine herbstii, Iresine reticulata, beef plant
Related Words: bloodleaf

2. (noun) plant grown for its ornamental red or purple foliage
Synonyms: Perilla frutescens crispa
Related Words: herb, herbaceous plant



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