Noun
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leaves of the common basil
used fresh or dried
- sweet basil -
(Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century
a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379)
- st. basil - basil of caesarea - basil the great - st. basil the great -
any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum