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Definition of basil

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Basil (n.) 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 basil (O. minimum), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name is also given to several kinds of mountain mint (Pycnanthemum)..

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Basil :: Basil (n.) 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 basil (O. minimum), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name is also given to several kinds of mountain mint (Pycnanthemum)..

Basilica :: Basilica (n.) A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century..

Basilicas :: Basilicas (pl. ) of Basilic.

Cockatrice :: Cockatrice (n.) A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk.

Basilar :: Basilar (n.) Alt. of Basilar.

Basilic :: Basilic (a.) Alt. of Basilica.

Basilica :: Basilica (n.) Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose..

Basilisk :: Basilisk (n.) A large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its size..

Basan :: Basan (n.) Same as Basil, a sheepskin..

Basiling :: Basiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Basi.

Basil :: Basil (n.) The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.

Basilic/ :: Basilic/ (pl. ) of Basilic.

Viceroy :: Viceroy (prep.) A large and handsome American butterfly (Basilarchia, / Limenitis, archippus). Its wings are orange-red, with black lines along the nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The larvae feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees..

Basil :: Basil (v. t.) To grind or form the edge of to an angle.

Basilical :: Basilical (a.) Pertaining to certain parts, anciently supposed to have a specially important function in the animal economy, as the middle vein of the right arm..

Calamint :: Calamint (n.) A genus of perennial plants (Calamintha) of the Mint family, esp. the C. Nepeta and C. Acinos, which are called also basil thyme..

Paradise :: Paradise (n.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc..

Basilicok :: Basilicok (n.) The basilisk.

Basil :: Basil (n.) The slope or angle to which the cutting edge of a tool, as a plane, is ground..

Sovereign :: Sovereign (n.) Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy..