| 单词 | common basil |
| 释义 | common basil (once / 1969886 pages) n WORD FAMILY common basil USAGE EXAMPLESOnly three varieties of common basil are listed in America; Vilmorin lists only five French ones. Kains, M. G. (Maurice Grenville), Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation H...(2010) In the same family we have the sage and the sweet or common basil, also giving up their essential oils on distillation. Various, Scientific American Supplement, No....(2010) Similarly in Voigtland, the common basil was regarded as a test of chastity, withering in the hands of the impure. Dyer, T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton), The Folk-lore of Plants(2010) n 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|Hyper Ocimum basilicum, sweet basil basil any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum |
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