1. 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
   - sweet basil, Ocimum basilicum

Derived forms: common basils

Type of: basil

• DIA
• diabase
• diabatic
• DiaBeta
• pecan
• pecan pie
• pecan tree
• peccable
• peccadillo
• peccancy
• peccant
• Peccari angulatus
• peccary
• peck
• peck at
• pecker
• peckerwood
• pecking order
• peckish
• pecopteris
• Pecos
• Pecos River
• pecs
• pecten
• Pecten irradians