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PERILLA

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Meaning:

Small genus of Asiatic herbs

Synonyms:

genus Perilla; Perilla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Perilla" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Perilla"):

beefsteak plant; Perilla frutescens crispa (plant grown for its ornamental red or purple foliage)

Holonyms ("Perilla" is a member of...):

family Labiatae; family Lamiaceae; Labiatae; 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; thyme; sage; rosemary)

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