basil , *
sweet basil

"These come from sweet basil," he told me.

The most common is sweet basil, which is cultivated extensively for use in cooking.

Single girls must put under their pillow a branch of sweet basil.

Penne with oil, garlic and sweet basil proved dependable as usual.

It adds a freshness to the potato salad quite different from the taste of the more usual sweet basil.

Its flavor is more stable under high or extended cooking temperatures than that of sweet basil.

He made a notation, and Tyson wondered if it had to do with sweet basil or murder.

In the early fall, when the sweet basil is at its best.

"Your father grew sweet basil and tomatoes and all that?"

The flavor is similar to that of sweet basil, but stronger and spicier.