| NOUN | plant | beefsteak plant, Perilla frutescens crispa | plant grown for its ornamental red or purple foliage |
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| plant | beefsteak plant, beef plant, Iresine herbstii, Iresine reticulata | 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 |
| Meaning | plant grown for its ornamental red or purple foliage. | |
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| Synonym | Perilla frutescens crispa | |
| Member of | Perilla, genus Perilla | small genus of Asiatic herbs |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| 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. | |
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| Synonyms | beef plant, Iresine herbstii, Iresine reticulata | |
| Broader | bloodleaf | Any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage |
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