sweet basil

Questions about sweet basil

What does sweet basil mean?

sweet basil means "annual or perennial of tropical Asia having spikes of small white flowers and aromatic leaves; one of the most important culinary herbs; used in salads, casseroles, sauces and some liqueurs". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for sweet basil?

Close synonyms include common basil, Ocimum basilicum, basil. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sweet basil a common word?

sweet basil is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.