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Basil vs Parsley - What's the difference?

basil | parsley |

As an acronym basil

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As a noun parsley is

(countable|uncountable) a bright green, biennial herb, petroselinum crispum'' or ''petroselinum neapolitanum having either flat or curled leaves.

basil

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) basile, from .

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A plant (Ocimum basilicum ).
  • The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
  • Any other species in the genus Ocimum .
  • Synonyms
    * (plant) albahaca, , sweet basil
    Derived terms
    * Asian basil * basil thyme * holy basil * Lao basil * lemon basil * sweet basil * Thai basil * wild basil

    Etymology 2

    Variant of bezel?

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The angle to which a joiner's tool is ground away.
  • Verb

  • To grind the edge of a tool to an acute angle.
  • (Moxon)
    Synonyms
    * bevel, sharpen

    Etymology 3

    Corrupted from (etyl) basan, (etyl) basane, (lena) basanium, from (etyl), properly "lining".

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.
  • Synonyms
    * basan, bazil (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    parsley

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (countable, uncountable) A bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum'' or ''Petroselinum neapolitanum having either flat or curled leaves.
  • (uncountable) The leaves of this plant used in Middle Eastern, European, and American cooking.
  • Derived terms

    * Chinese parsley * fool's parsley * hedge parsley * milk parsley * parsley fern * parsley frog * parsley piert * stone parsley

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