perilla
English edit
Etymology edit
From translingual Perilla (genus name).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
perilla (countable and uncountable, plural perillas)
- 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.
Synonyms edit
- beefsteak plant (purple-leaved variety)
- shiso
Translations edit
East Asian herb
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Verb edit
perilla
- inflection of perillar:
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Syllabification: pe‧ri‧lla
Noun edit
perilla f (plural perillas)
Further reading edit
- “perilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014