Type and usage of basil from BoostVocab

basil

/'bæzəl/

noun
leaves of the common basil; used fresh or dried
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Similar:

sweet basil

type of:
herb

part of:
common basil ocimum basilicum sweet basil
noun
(Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379)
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Similar:

basil of caesarea basil the great st. basil st. basil the great
noun
any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum
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type of:
herb herbaceous plant

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