Perilla

See also: perilla, perillà, and perillä

Translingual

Perilla frutescens

Etymology

Named by Carl Linnaeus in the 5th edition of the Genera Plantarum, of unknown further origin. Perhaps named after a character of the same name found in poems written by Ovid, though this is unconfirmed because Linnaeus makes no mention of how he derived the name.

Proper noun

Perilla f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – the shiso herb, found in southeast and east Asia.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; Lamiales – order; Lamiaceae - family; Nepetoideae - subfamily; Elsholtzieae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Perilla frutescens - type species, possibly the only species

Derived terms

• Perillula

References

• Perilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Perilla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Perilla on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Perilla at The Plant List

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Pe‧ri‧lla

Proper noun

Perilla

1. a surname