basil

See also: Basil and BASIL

English
Ocimum basilicum

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old French basile, from Medieval Latin basilicum, from Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón, “royal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”).

Noun

basil (usually uncountable, plural basils)

  1. A plant (Ocimum basilicum).
  2. The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
  3. Any other species in the genus Ocimum.
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Further reading

Etymology 2

Variant of bezel.

Noun

basil (plural basils)

  1. The angle to which a joiner's tool is ground away.

Verb

basil (third-person singular simple present basils, present participle basilling, simple past and past participle basilled)

  1. (transitive) To grind the edge of a tool to an acute angle.
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Etymology 3

Corrupted from English basan, French basane, Late Latin basanium, from Arabic بِطانَة‎ (biṭāna, “lining”).

Noun

basil (plural basils)

  1. The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for basil in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch bacil

Noun

basil

  1. bacillus
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