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beefsteak plant

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Noun1.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 bractsbeefsteak 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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somniferum), Beefsteak Plant (A) (Perilla frutescens), Aniseed(A) (Pimpinella anisum and P.
Japan, has patented a laundry system for clothing with shrinkage prevention derived from distilled sagebrush, beefsteak plant, tea, aloe and chrysanthemum.
Croton and beefsteak plants are also relatively easy to grow and look good, with the beefsteak lending itself to window displays.
 
 
 
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