beefsteak plant
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beefsteak plant
n.
See perilla.
[Perhaps so called because its large, often reddish-tinged leaves were thought to resemble a slice of raw beef .]
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beefsteak plant
n
(Plants) an Asian plant, Perilla frutescens crispa, with aromatic red or green leaves which are used in cooking: family Lamiaceae. Also called: shiso or Japanese basil
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| Noun | 1. | beefsteak plant - plant grown for its ornamental red or purple foliage herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests genus Perilla, Perilla - small genus of Asiatic herbs |
| 2. | beefsteak plant - 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 bloodleaf - any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage |
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