basil 
1. any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum • Hypernyms: herb, herbaceous plant • Hyponyms: common basil, sweet basil, Ocimum basilicum • Member Holonyms: Ocimum, genus Ocimum 2. leaves of the common basil; used fresh or dried • Syn: sweet basil • Hypernyms: herb • Part Holonyms: common basil, sweet basil, Ocimum basilicum
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