a plant with shiny green leaves that smell sweet and are used in cooking as a herbTopics Foodc1. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French basile, ...

a plant with shiny green leaves that smell sweet and are used in cooking as an herb. Definitions on the go Look up any word in the dictionary offline.

There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun basil. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Definition of Basil from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Basil /ˈbæzl/ /ˈbæzl/ a first name for boys.

An aromatic herb, Ocimum basilicum and O. minimum; other members of the genus Ocimum are also used as seasoning. From: basil in A Dictionary of Food and ...

BASIL definition: 1. a herb with a sweet smell that is used to add flavour in cooking 2. an herb with a sweet smell…. Learn more.

The earliest known use of the noun bush basil is in the late 1500s. OED's only evidence for bush basil is from 1597, in the writing of John Gerard, herbalist.

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4 дня назад · The meaning of BASIL is any of several aromatic herbs (genus Ocimum) of the mint family; especially : sweet basil.

5 дней назад · Basil definition: any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family. See examples of BASIL used in a sentence.