a European plant, Satureja vulgaris (or Clinopodium vulgare), with dense clusters of small pink or whitish flowers: family Lamiaceae
another name for basil (sense 2)
Examples of 'wild basil' in a sentence
wild basil
Wild basil is coming out at woodland edges.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Spicy odours come from wild basil on grassy banks when it is touched.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A common flower of chalky lanes is wild basil.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
They are flying boldly about and sipping nectar from the late summer flowers such as wild basil.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The pink flowers of wild basil have given way to pretty seedheads, like little balls of lilac wool.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Wild basil has a ring of shocking pink flowers round the stalk and soft, aromatic leaves.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
On wild basil, which has flowered in abundance this summer in grassy places, there are still many electric-pink flowers, but others have turned to seed.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
On grassy banks, small and large skippers are feeding on thistle flowers and the pink wild basil.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
One that is thriving notably is wild basil, which is mainly found beside grassy paths on chalky uplands.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Here and there the pink flowers of wild basil can still be seen, but the seedheads are more noticeable.