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

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  • PERILLA
    A genus of labiate herbs, of which one species (Perilla ocimoides, or P. Nankinensis) is often cultivated for its purple or variegated foliage.
  • CULTIVATABLE
    Cultivable.
  • VARIEGATE
    To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors. The shells are filled with a white spar, which variegates and adds to the beauty of the
  • SPECIES
    A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes,
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • LABIATED
    See
  • OFTENNESS
    Frequency. Hooker.
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • PURPLEHEART
    A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish color, obtained from several tropical American leguminous trees of the genus Copaifera . Used for decorative veneering. See Copaiba.
  • OFTEN
    Frequently; many times; not seldom.
  • FOLIAGED
    Furnished with foliage; leaved; as, the variously foliaged mulberry.
  • VARIEGATION
    The act of variegating or diversifying, or the state of being diversified, by different colors; diversity of colors.
  • LABIATE
    To labialize. Brewer.
  • PURPLE
    Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia as, the banded purple . See Illust. under Ursula. (more info) porpre, pourpre, F. pourpre, L. purpura purple fish, purple dye, fr. 1. A color formed
  • GENUS
    A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms.
  • OFTENSITH
    Frequently; often. For whom I sighed have so oftensith. Gascoigne.
  • OFTENTIMES
    Frequently; often; many times. Wordsworth.
  • OFTENTIDE
    Frequently; often. Robert of Brunne.
  • CULTIVATE
    cultivare to cultivate, fr. cultivus cultivated, fr. L. cultus, p.p. 1. To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil. 2. To direct special attention to; to devote time
  • VARIEGATED
    Having marks or patches of different colors; as, variegated leaves, or flowers. Ladies like variegated tulips show. Pope.
  • EMPURPLE
    To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to impurple. "The deep empurpled ran." Philips.
  • SUBGENUS
    A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron.
  • UNILABIATE
    Having one lip only; as, a unilabiate corolla.
  • UNOFTEN
    Not often.
  • BEPURPLE
    To tinge or dye with a purple color.

 

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