perilla oil


noun
  1. a light yellow oil, obtained from the seeds of mints of the genus Perilla, used in Asia as a cooking oil and elsewhere in the manufacture of varnish, printing ink, and artificial leather.

Origin of perilla oil

1
First recorded in 1915–20

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How to use perilla oil in a sentence

  • The perilla oil was made from one of the first importations into this country, and was dark in appearance.

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