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2024
Ocimum_basilicum
Ocimum basilicum
Translingual
Ocimum basilicum
Proper noun
Ocimum
basilicum
n
A taxonomic
species
within the
family
Lamiaceae
–
basil
, native to southeast Asia, but widely cultivated for millennia.
Hypernyms
(
species
)
:
Lamiaceae
- family;
Nepetoideae
- subfamily;
Ocimeae
- tribe;
Ocimum
- genus
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