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Small genus of Asiatic herbs
Answer for the clue "Small genus of Asiatic herbs ", 7 letters:
perilla
Word definitions for perilla in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Perilla may refer to any of the following subjects: Perilla (plant) - a genus of plants of the mint family Perilla frutescens - the singlemost important species in the genus that includes shiso, "wild sesame" and essentially all cultivated varieties. perilla ...
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.