PERILLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Perilla mean? 

• PERILLA (noun)
  The noun PERILLA has 1 sense:

1. small genus of Asiatic herbs

  Familiarity information: PERILLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERILLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of Asiatic herbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Perilla; Perilla

Hypernyms ("Perilla" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Perilla"):

beefsteak plant; Perilla frutescens crispa (plant grown for its ornamental red or purple foliage)

Holonyms ("Perilla" is a member of...):

family Labiatae; family Lamiaceae; Labiatae; Lamiaceae; mint family (a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary)

 Context examples 

The essential oil of Perilla frutescens (note: the seed oil is the more common, traditionally used as a lamp oil and as drying oil finish).

(Perilla frutescens Leaf Oil, NCI Thesaurus)