basilless

basilless adjective: without basil.

Adjective

basilless (not comparable)

(rare) Without basil.
- Dinner at Earl’s on the roof - across from the concert stage. Somewhat mild and basilless Thai chicken salad.2004 January 7, John T. Baldwin, Around the World in 40 Days, Chicago, Ill.: Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, archived from the original...
- I have no idea how it happened, but spring 2007 found me and my kitchen garden completely basilless.2008 June 29, Susan, “Purple Basil Pesto & the Easiest White Bean Appetizer Dip / Spread Recipe Ever”, in Farmgirl Fare, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2010

Basically, you're wilting the lettuce in a dead-simple broth whose flavor has been "bloomed" by a few spoons of basilless pesto. (Basil trumps lettuce.)2009 July 5, Jeff Weinstein, “My First 'Out There' Recipe, or Why I Am Not Elizabeth David”, in Out There: Jeff Weinstein's Cultural...
My basil went off before I was able to use it so I've only tried this basilless2024 March 7, Mieke Weismann, “Letak Letuk – Lampung Pumpkin, Mushroom & Coconut Soup”, in Dorothy Porker: Inconsistent Foodstuffs...

From basil + -less.

What does basilless mean?: Basilless means without basil.
How do you use basilless in a sentence?: Basically, you're wilting the lettuce in a dead-simple broth whose flavor has been "bloomed" by a few spoons of basilless pesto. (Basil trumps lettuce.)
What part of speech is basilless?: Basilless is an adjective.

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