sweet basil
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The seeds you want for falooda, sweet basil seeds, are usually sold as sabja.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
The buttery brie melts into the hot pasta and lends milky richness to those juicy chopped tomatoes tinged with piquant garlic and sweet basil.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2021
On a recent sunny day she perched on a metal step stool in her greenhouse, fingers cradling sweet basil into soil-filled trays.
From The Guardian ● May 23, 2019
The sweet basil you planted in May will soon flower and lose flavor: Start fresh plants from seed for a crop that will last until early fall.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2017
There was sweet basil and rosemary, and a bit of ivy that tried to find a hold upon the slender column, and, partly missing it, hung down over the window-ledge.
From Via Crucis by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
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