Lettuce leaf basil

{{Short description|Variety of flowering plant}}

Lettuce leaf basil is a large-leaf variety of Ocimum basilicum (sweet basil). The large, crinkled leaves, which grow on the short, wide plant, are sweet, but not as strong as other sweet basils. This makes them particularly suitable for tossing into salads or wrapping fish, chicken or a rice stuffing for grilling.{{cite web

| url=http://www.garden.org/foodguide/browse/herb/annual/296

| title=Bountiful Basil

| author=Deborah Wechsler

| access-date=2007-01-03

| publisher=National Gardening Association

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