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
A second sowing of sweet basil seed will assure a continued fresh harvest in late summer and early fall.
From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2021
It’s served with a cloyingly sweet basil and chilli dressing which makes us bare our teeth.
From The Guardian • Oct. 19, 2014
The girl is soft of speech, fair of shape, like a stalk of sweet basil, with teeth like chamomile-petals and hair like halters.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV by Payne, John
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