beefsteak
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Noun
- (A) steak cut from a cattle beast (e.g., cow, steer).
- Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa).
- Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa): The herb prepared from the leaves of the beefsteak plant.
- Ellipsis of beefsteak tomato.
- Ellipsis of beefsteak mushroom.
- A celebratory dinner, commonly held in New York between about 1870 and 1940 involving the consumption of enormous quantities of broiled steak and beer.
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