perilla(n = noun.plant) genus perilla - small genus of Asiatic herbs;
is a kind of asterid dicot genus
is a member of family labiatae, family lamiaceae, labiatae, lamiaceae, mint family

   A genus of labiate herbs, of which one species (Perilla ocimoides, or Perilla Nankinensis) is often cultivated for its purple or variegated foliage. [1913 Webster]

genus perilla, perilla frutescens crispa