Perilla

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Perilla
       n : small genus of Asiatic herbs [syn: {genus Perilla}]