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# basil

«basil» in Mova's school dictionary: **a sweet green herb with shiny leaves, used to flavour…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

Basil is a sweet green herb with shiny leaves, used to flavour food, especially tomato dishes and pasta. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basil/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a pot of herb given as a gift or a sign of care, often kept on a window sill.

### examples

- Mum put fresh basil on the pizza. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basil/#x1)
- The pot of basil sat in the sunny window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basil/#x2)
- Basil smells sweet when you crush the leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basil/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «basil» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/basil/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.