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perilla

See also: Perilla, perillà, and perillä

English

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Purple perilla

Etymology

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From translingual Perilla (genus name).

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perilla (countable and uncountable, plural perillas)

  1. An East Asian herb with flavorful leaves used in cooking and as a garnish, Perilla frutescens. Also grown for the seeds, which contain an edible and industrially-useful oil.
    • 2015, Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith, The Vegetarian, Granta, published 2018, page 42:
      The smell of burnt flesh, which the perilla seeds couldn't wholly mask, pricked my nose.

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Verb

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perilla

  1. inflection of perillar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Etymology

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From pera +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /peˈɾiʝa/ [peˈɾi.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /peˈɾiʎa/ [peˈɾi.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /peˈɾiʃa/ [peˈɾi.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /peˈɾiʒa/ [peˈɾi.ʒa]

 

  • Syllabification: pe‧ri‧lla

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perilla f (plural perillas)

  1. goatee
    Synonyms: (Mexico) piocha, barba de chivo, chiva, chivera
  2. knob, doorknob
    Synonyms: manecilla, pomo

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