perilla

From translingual Perilla (genus name).

• IPA^(key): /pəˈɹɪl.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɪlə

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.

• beefsteak plant (purple-leaved variety)
• shiso

• pallier

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈɾi.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [peˈɾi.ʎa]
• Rhymes: -iʎa

perilla

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

From pera +‎ -illa.

• Syllabification: pe‧ri‧lla

perilla f (plural perillas)

1. goatee

   Synonyms: (Mexico) piocha, barba de chivo, chiva, chivera

2. knob, doorknob

   Synonyms: manecilla, pomo

• “perilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024