beefsteak plant

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beefsteak plant - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  beefsteak plant
      n 1: plant grown for its ornamental red or purple foliage [syn:
           beefsteak plant, Perilla frutescens crispa]
      2: 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 [syn:
         beefsteak plant, beef plant, Iresine herbstii, Iresine   reticulata
         ]