Noun: beefsteak plant 'beef,steyk plãnt
- Plant grown for its ornamental red or purple foliage
"The beefsteak plant's dark leaves provide striking contrast in the garden";
- Perilla frutescens crispa
- 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
"The beefsteak plant's colourful foliage brightened the border garden";
- beef plant, Iresine herbstii, Iresine reticulata
Derived forms: beefsteak plants
Type of: bloodleaf, herb, herbaceous plant
Part of: genus Perilla, Perilla
Encyclopedia: Beefsteak plant