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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Basil \Bas"il\, n. [F. basilic, fr. L. badilicus royal, Gr. ?,
fr. ? 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 basil ({O.
minimum), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name
is also given to several kinds of mountain mint
({Pycnanthemum).
Basil thyme, a name given to the fragrant herbs Calamintha
Acinos and C. Nepeta.
Wild+basil,+a+plant+({Calamintha+clinopodium" rel="nofollow">Wild basil, a plant ({Calamintha clinopodium) of the Mint
family.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
Pycnanthemum
n : American mountain mint [syn: genus Pycnanthemum, Koellia,
genus Koellia]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Pycnanthemum
Translingual n.
(taxon genus family Lamiaceae mountain mints)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Pycnanthemum
Translingual n.
(taxon genus family Lamiaceae mountain mints)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Pycnanthemum
Translingual n.
(taxon genus family Lamiaceae mountain mints)
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