(noun) plant grown for its ornamental red or purple foliage. Synonyms: Perilla frutescens crispa.
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Noun Definition 1
(noun) 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. Synonyms: beef plant, Iresine herbstii, Iresine reticulata.