basil   (TTS Sound)

The noun basil has 3 senses

• basil -- (any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum)


• Basil, St. Basil, Basil of Caesarea, Basil the Great, St. Basil the Great -- ((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))


• basil, sweet basil -- (leaves of the common basil; used fresh or dried)