A low-growing compact variety of basil.
Ocimum minimum, family Labiatae
Example sentencesExamples
- Holy basil and bush basil are related plants.
- One of the spicy bush basils is doing just nuts, the other has stopped growing, and I'm not at all sure why.
- This is a refined bush basil from Italy where it is known for its fine green leaf and is formed like a ball.
- This is probably the best of the bush basils, a tidy, compact plant absolutely covered with small fragrant leaves.
- Even though the leaves are very small the bush basils dry well and keep their green colour.