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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

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Nouns denoting plants

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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