basil
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1. leaves of the common basil; used fresh or dried (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | herb, |
| definition | : | aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities (noun.food) |
| part meronym | : | common basil, ocimum basilicum, sweet basil, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
2. (Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379) (noun.person)
| instance hypernym | : | church father, father, father of the church, |
| definition | : | (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom (noun.person) |
| instance hypernym | : | doctor, doctor of the church, |
| definition | : | (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching (noun.person) |
| instance hypernym | : | saint, |
| definition | : | a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization (noun.person) |
3. any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | herb, herbaceous plant, |
| definition | : | a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | common basil, ocimum basilicum, sweet basil, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
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