Definition of: basil

(baz′əl) noun
1. Any of certain aromatic plants of the mint family (genus Ocimum), especially the European sweet basil (O. basilicum).
2. The American mountain mint (genus Pycnanthemum) or wild basil. [<OF basile <L basilicum <Gk. basilikon (phyton) royal (plant), basil <basileus king]

Definition of: Basil

(baz′əl, bā′zəl)
A masculine personal name. Also Fr. Ba·sile (bá·zēl′), Lat. Ba·sil·i·us (bə·sil′ē·əs; Dan., Du., Ger., Sw. bä·zē′·lē· oobreve s), Ital., Pg., Sp. Ba·si·li·o (bä·sē′lē·ō). [<Gk., kingly]
—Basil the Great, Saint,
329?–379, one of the four Greek doctors of the church; bishop of Caesarea.

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Statistical data

"basil" has the frequency of use of 0.0004% on city-data.com forum

"basil" has the frequency of use of 0.0007% on en.wikipedia.org.

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