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Answer for the clue "Small genus of Asiatic herbs ", 7 letters:
perilla

Word definitions for perilla in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Perilla is a genus consisting of one major Asiatic crop species P. frutescens and a few recognized wild species in nature, belonging to the mint family, Lamiaceae . Until a few decades ago , the oilseed crop for Perilla oil , from India, China and all across ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Perilla \Pe*ril"la\, 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.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The plant shiso

Usage examples of perilla.

Shizuka exclaimed when she saw the delicacies of the season, raw sea bream and squid, broiled eel with green perilla and horseradish, pickled cucumbers and salted lotus root, rare black mushrooms and burdock, laid out on the lacquer trays.