Basil (disambiguation)

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Basil is the common name of a number of plants often used for seasoning. It is typically used for a number of species of the genus Ocimum, in particular the widely cultivated O. basilicum.

Basil may also refer to:

• Clinopodium vulgare, another species of plant within the Lamiaceae family commonly known as wild basil.
• Basil (name), people named Basil
• Basil, California, former name of Redwood Valley, California
• Basil (novel), by Wilkie Collins
• Basil (film), a 1998 film by Radha Bharadwaj starring Jared Leto
• Basil (Sesame Park), the main character on the Canadian children's show Sesame Park
• Basil Fawlty, the main character in Fawlty Towers
• Saint Basil (disambiguation)
• The Great Mouse Detective, also known as Basil the Great Mouse Detective, an animated film by Disney
• BASIL, a character in the 2020 role-playing video game Omori
• A type of leather tanned with redoul
• Basil Brush, fox puppet from British children's TV