common basil — noun 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 • Syn: ↑sweet basil, ↑Ocimum basilicum • Hypernyms … Useful english dictionary
basil — /baz euhl, bas , bay zeuhl, seuhl/, n. any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil), having purplish green ovate leaves used in cooking. [1400 50; late ME basile < MF < LL… … Universalium
Basil — /baz euhl, bas , bay zeuhl, seuhl/, n. 1. Saint. Also, Basilius. ( the Great ), A.D. 329? 379, bishop of Caesarea in Asia Minor (brother of Saint Gregory of Nyssa). 2. a male given name: from a Greek word meaning royal. * * * I Herb consisting of … Universalium
Common Rue — in flower Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranke … Wikipedia
Basil Coetzee — Basil Manenberg Coetzee (2 February 1944 11 March 1998) was a South African musician, perhaps best known as a saxophonist.Mountain Records describes Basil thus: His distinctive raunchy tenor sound and the untiring commitment to his cultural roots … Wikipedia
Basil — Bas il, n. [F. basilic, fr. L. basilicus royal, Gr. basiliko s fr. basiley s king.] (Bot.) The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil ({Ocymum basilicum}), and the bush basil, or lesser… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Basil thyme — Basil Bas il, n. [F. basilic, fr. L. basilicus royal, Gr. basiliko s fr. basiley s king.] (Bot.) The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil ({Ocymum basilicum}), and the bush basil, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Basil — For other uses, see Basil (disambiguation). Basil Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae … Wikipedia
Basil of Caesarea — Infobox Saint name=Saint Basil the Great birth date=ca. 330 death date=January 1, 379 [The exact date of Basil s death is debated by historians. See Rousseau (1994), pp. 360–363, Appendix III: The Date of Basil s Death and of the Hexaemeron for… … Wikipedia
Basil (name) — Infobox Given Name Revised name = Basil imagesize= caption= pronunciation= BAZ el [IPA|ˈbæzɪl] gender = Male meaning = royal, kingly region = origin = Greek related names = Basile, Basilic, Basilides, Basileios, Basilie, Basilio, Basilius, Bazeel … Wikipedia
