perilla
any of several aromatic Asian plants belonging to the genus Perilla, of the mint family, especially P. frutescens, which has become naturalized in the eastern U.S. and from which perilla oil is obtained.
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The lumbang and perilla oils were imported and arrived subsequent to the starting of the tests.
Paint Technology and Tests | Henry A. GardnerThe perilla oil was made from one of the first importations into this country, and was dark in appearance.
Paint Technology and Tests | Henry A. GardnerI trust perilla to you but with no firmer assurance of her happiness than I have of Fabia's entrusted to me.
Roads from Rome | Anne C. E. AllinsonJust after her uncle left she was called to the room of perilla's youngest child who had awakened with a sore throat and fever.
Roads from Rome | Anne C. E. Allinsonperilla had come back in the summer and gone with her to Sulmo.
Roads from Rome | Anne C. E. Allinson
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