Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun beefsteak_plant

2 senses of beefsteak plant

Sense 1
beefsteak plant, Perilla frutescens crispa -- (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)

Sense 2
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)
       => bloodleaf -- (any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage)