Foods You Should Eat This Spring Basil Basil , also called great basil or Saint-Joseph’s-wort, is a culinary herb of the family Lamiaceae (mints). It is also called the “king of herbs” and the “royal herb”. The name “basil” comes from Greek . Previous Next Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2017-03-30 spiel