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Beefsteak Plant

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Noun

1. beefsteak plant, perilla frutescens crispa

plant grown for its ornamental red or purple foliage

2. beef plant, beefsteak 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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Beefsteak Plant

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noun
an Asian plant, Perilla frutescens crispa, with aromatic red or green leaves which are used in cooking: family Lamiaceae
. Also called: shiso, Japanese basil

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Beefsteak Plant

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n.
See perilla.

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