WordNet
beef plant
n. 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 [syn: beefsteak plant, Iresine herbstii, Iresine reticulata]
Usage examples of "beef plant".
When bruised or crushed, they emit a strong odour, at a distance not unlike that of hot, roast beef, hence its country name of 'Roast Beef Plant.