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Thai basil, or Asian basil (húng quế in Vietnamese) is a type of sweet basil native to Southeast Asia that has been cultivated to provide distinctive traits. Its flavor is more stable under high or extended cooking temperatures than that of sweet basil. Thai basil exhibits small, narrow leaves and purple stems, with a mauve (pink-purple) flower. One cultivar commonly grown in the United States is 'Queen of Siam'.
Sweet basil,Ocimum basilicum (O. basilicum), has multiple cultivars. Thai basil, or O. basilicum 'Horapha', grows to 45 cm (1.48 ft) in height, and has purple-flushed, lance-like leaves with a sweet licorice scent.
The word Ocimum is derived from the Greek word meaning "to smell", which is appropriate for most members of the plant family Lamiaceae, also known as the mint family. Like other plants in the mint family, Thai basil features a square stem, and the leaves always grow in pairs, opposite each other and at 90 degree angles from the previous pair of leaves. With over 40 cultivars of basil, this abundance of flavors, aromas and colors leads to confusion when identifying specific cultivars. For a detailed comparison, see Purdue University's O. basilicum research and Sunland Herb's anecdotal descriptions of basil, based on four historical resources.
Let us try to think, try to paint the picture.
Living on, have to feel this way.
(Looking for something to believe in...)
Looking for something to believe in,
I think I've done my time. (My time~)
One by one the pieces fall,
Tell me what it is to believe.
YOU CAN TELL, CHANGED BY THEIR FACES.
THERE ARE ALWAYS SIGNS!
I am JUST STILL A POST-SOUL,
GRAB A PIECE OF LIGHT!
Give me tending, I can't handle everything,
You'll never understand me. (LIGHT~! )
And I don't care what you think, (LIGHT~! )
Or maybe I do!
(One by one the pieces fall...)
One by one the pieces fall!
Tell me what it feels to believe!
YOU CAN TELL, CHANGED BY THEIR FACES.
THERE ARE ALWAYS SIGNS!
I am JUST STILL A POST-SOUL,
GRAB A PIECE OF LIGHT!
GRAB A PIECE OF LIGHT! (LIGHT... ~)
YOU CAN TELL, CHANGED BY THEIR FACES.
THERE ARE ALWAYS SIGNS!
I am JUST STILL A POST-SOUL,
GRAB A PIECE OF THE LIGHT!
YOU CAN TELL, CHANGED BY THEIR FACES.
THERE ARE ALWAYS SIGNS!
I am JUST STILL A POST-SOUL,