/ Thesaurus / B Synonyms of beefsteak plant Find synonyms for: Noun1. beefsteak plant, Perilla frutescens crispa, herb, herbaceous plantusage: plant grown for its ornamental red or purple foliage2. beefsteak plant, beef plant, Iresine herbstii, Iresine reticulata, bloodleafusage: 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 bractsWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: dormant Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language