beefsteak_plant
1. [ noun ] (botany) plant grown for its ornamental red or purple foliage
Synonyms: Perilla_frutescens_crispa
Related terms: herb Perilla
2. [ noun ] (botany) 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 terms: bloodleaf
Similar spelling:   beefsteak_morel
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  beefsteak_begonia
  beefsteak_geranium
  beefsteak_fungus