BASIL as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • leaves or the common basil
   • used fresh or dried
   Synonym(s)
   • sweet basil (what does sweet basil mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) basil is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • herb (what does herb mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Church against the heresies of the 4th century
   • a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379)
   Synonym(s)
   • Basil of Caesarea (what does Basil of Caesarea mean?)
   • Basil the Great (what does Basil the Great mean?)
   • St. Basil (what does St. Basil mean?)
   • St. Basil the Great (what does St. Basil the Great mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Basil is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • theologian (what does theologian mean?)
   • theologist (what does theologist mean?)
   • theologizer (what does theologizer mean?)
   • theologiser (what does theologiser mean?)
   • Church Father (what does Church Father mean?)
   • Father of the Church (what does Father of the Church mean?)
   • Father (what does Father mean?)
   • saint (what does saint mean?)
   • Doctor of the Church (what does Doctor of the Church mean?)
   • Doctor (what does Doctor mean?)
3. Meaning
   • any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum
   Hypernyms(s) basil is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • herb (what does herb mean?)
   • herbaceous plant (what does herbaceous plant mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • common basil (what does common basil mean?)
   • sweet basil (what does sweet basil mean?)
   • Ocimum basilicum (what does Ocimum basilicum mean?)