'Perilla' definitions:
Definition of 'Perilla'
(from WordNet)
noun
Small genus of Asiatic herbs [syn: Perilla, genus Perilla]
Definition of 'Perilla'
From: 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]