·noun A genus of labiate herbs, of which one species (Perilla ocimoides, or P. Nankinensis) is often cultivated for its purple or variegated foliage.
Pĕrilla, ae, f., a female proper name , Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 1; 2, 437; Ap. Mag. p. 279, 26. ...
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