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 from the video game Omori
• A type of leather tanned with redoul

See also[edit]

• Basel, Switzerland
• All pages with titles beginning with Basil
• All pages with titles containing Basil
• Basal (disambiguation), referring to a base or minimum level
• Basilica (disambiguation)
• Bazel (disambiguation)
• Vasily (disambiguation), the Slavic form of the name