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perilla
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun perilla has 1 sense
- perilla(n = noun.plant) genus perilla - small genus of Asiatic herbs; Array is a kind of asterid dicot genus
is a member of family labiatae, family lamiaceae, labiatae, lamiaceae, mint family
CIDE DICTIONARY
perilla, n. [Etymol. uncertain.].
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]
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