BEEFSTEAK PLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beefsteak plant mean? 

• BEEFSTEAK PLANT (noun)
  The noun BEEFSTEAK PLANT has 2 senses:

1. plant grown for its ornamental red or purple foliage

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

  Familiarity information: BEEFSTEAK PLANT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEEFSTEAK PLANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant grown for its ornamental red or purple foliage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

beefsteak plant; Perilla frutescens crispa

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)

Sense 2

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

beef plant; beefsteak plant; Iresine herbstii; Iresine reticulata

Hypernyms ("beefsteak plant" is a kind of...):

bloodleaf (any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage)