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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. quotations examples
The smell of burnt flesh, which the perilla seeds couldn't wholly mask, pricked my nose.
2015, Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith, The Vegetarian, Granta, published 2018, page 42