WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Iresine herbstii
    n 1: 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, beef plant, Iresine herbstii,
         Iresine reticulata]