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COMMON BASIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common basil mean?
• COMMON BASIL (noun)
The noun COMMON BASIL has 1 sense:
1. annual or perennial of tropical Asia having spikes of small white flowers and aromatic leaves; one of the most important culinary herbs; used in salads, casseroles, sauces and some liqueurs
Familiarity information: COMMON BASIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual or perennial of tropical Asia having spikes of small white flowers and aromatic leaves; one of the most important culinary herbs; used in salads, casseroles, sauces and some liqueurs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
common basil; Ocimum basilicum; sweet basil
Hypernyms ("common basil" is a kind of...):
basil (any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum)
Meronyms (parts of "common basil"):
basil; sweet basil (leaves of the common basil; used fresh or dried)
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