Ocimum basilicum
Translingual
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Basil-Basilico-Ocimum_basilicum-albahaca.jpg/220px-Basil-Basilico-Ocimum_basilicum-albahaca.jpg)
Proper noun
- A taxonomic species within the family Lamiaceae – basil, native to southeast Asia, but widely cultivated for millennia.
Hypernyms
- (species): Lamiales - order; Lamiaceae - family; Nepetoideae - subfamily; Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. - tribe; Ocimum - genus
References
Ocimum basilicum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ocimum basilicum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Ocimum basilicum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Ocimum basilicum at USDA Plants database