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- noun Plural form of
basil .
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Examples
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Corn, Crab and Basil Salad While any type of basil is fine in this salad, Thai basil or a mix of sweet and lemon basils is even finer.
Basil & Friends 2011
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Generally, Mediterranean basils have their sweetness tempered by the underlying anise flavor.
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The students planted a variety of vegetables and herbs, including tomatoes, artichokes, and rhubarb; basils, tarragon, and mint; strawberries, blackberries, and red currants.
Beth Arnold: Letter From Paris: Le Jardin Potager Christened at U.S. Ambassador's Residence 2010
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The students planted a variety of vegetables and herbs, including tomatoes, artichokes, and rhubarb; basils, tarragon, and mint; strawberries, blackberries, and red currants.
Beth Arnold: Letter From Paris: Le Jardin Potager Christened at U.S. Ambassador's Residence 2010
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Asian basils, including the lovely purple forms, have more of a clove flavor.
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I love the look and smell of the purple basil too, but I love the smell of all the basils.
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June 13, 2009 at 2:43 pm yu will lubs da sweet basils! dey grow liek weeds and dey taest wunnerful! ai used tu grow a gihugeous bocks ob dem on the fyer eskape outsied mai winnow. den when i wuld cut dem fur kooken, Shadow would tri tu reach up and grabs dem orf ob da tablol. ai had tu gibs her a leaf ob her own soz dat i culd kook in peas.
And thats when he realized…. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Laura - I can't compare them because I've never had Thai or purple basils!
Random Notes 2008
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I prefer no surprise the Thai and purple basils...
Random Notes 2008
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Perhaps you can grill/bake those cute zucchini balls stuffed with ground chicken with chopped lettuce basils ?
Vegetables from the Garden: Update #5 Kalyn Denny 2007
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