perilla

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perilla - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Perilla \Pe*ril"la\, prop. n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.)
     A genus of labiate herbs, of which one species (Perilla ocimoides
     , or Perilla Nankinensis) is often cultivated for
     its purple or variegated foliage.
     [1913 Webster]

perilla - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Perilla
      n 1: small genus of Asiatic herbs [syn: Perilla, genus Perilla
           ]