basil

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[U] a plant with shiny green leaves that smell sweet and are used in cooking as a herb

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

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Is basil a noun, verb, or something else?

In this entry, basil is tagged as noun.

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