| Meaning | small genus of Asiatic herbs. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | genus Perilla | |
| Member of | Labiatae, family Labiatae, Lamiaceae, family Lamiaceae, mint family | A large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint |
| Members | beefsteak plant, Perilla frutescens crispa | plant grown for its ornamental red or purple foliage |
| Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
| Spanish | genus perilla, perilla | |
| Catalan | genus perilla, perilla | |
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