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BEEFSTEAK PLANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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:
beef plant; beefsteak plant; Iresine herbstii; Iresine reticulata
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("beefsteak plant" is a kind of...):
bloodleaf (any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Plant grown for its ornamental red or purple foliage
Synonyms:
beefsteak plant; Perilla frutescens crispa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("beefsteak plant" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("beefsteak plant" is a member of...):
genus Perilla; Perilla (small genus of Asiatic herbs)
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