bloodleaf

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bloodleaf - any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage

genus Iresine, Iresine - genus of tropical American herbs or subshrubs

beef plant, Iresine herbstii, Iresine reticulata, 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

subshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base

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The activity is part of Operation Bloodleaf and was carried out by cyber investigators from NERSOU.

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However, if coleus, spider plants, bloodleaf and other easy-to-propagate plants are to be used as part of the garden display, they will furnish numerous cuttings or off-shoots for indoor use.