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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of labiate herbs and shrubs, type of the tribe Ocimoideæ, known by the short corolla-tube and the deflexed fruiting calyx, with the ovate posterior tooth largest and decurrent.

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  • noun basil

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