perilla

[ puh-ril-uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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.

Origin of perilla¹

< New Latin (Linnaeus), of uncertain origin

The lumbang and perilla oils were imported and arrived subsequent to the starting of the tests.

The perilla oil was made from one of the first importations into this country, and was dark in appearance.

I trust Perilla to you but with no firmer assurance of her happiness than I have of Fabia's entrusted to me.

Just after her uncle left she was called to the room of Perilla's youngest child who had awakened with a sore throat and fever.

Perilla had come back in the summer and gone with her to Sulmo.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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