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IRESINE RETICULATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Iresine reticulata mean? 

IRESINE RETICULATA (noun)
  The noun IRESINE RETICULATA has 1 sense:

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 bractsplay

  Familiarity information: IRESINE RETICULATA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IRESINE RETICULATA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

beef plant; beefsteak plant; Iresine herbstii; Iresine reticulata

Hypernyms ("Iresine reticulata" is a kind of...):

bloodleaf (any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage)


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