Perilla

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Perilla
    n 1: small genus of Asiatic herbs [syn: {Perilla}, {genus
         Perilla}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]