perilla Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small genus of Asiatic herbs
    genus Perilla.

WordNet


Pe*ril"la noun
Etymology
Etymol. uncertain.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus of labiate herbs, of which one species (Perilla ocimoides, or P. Nankinensis) is often cultivated for its purple or variegated foliage.

Webster 1913