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Word: basil (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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Mourning the Basil-pot she loved so well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ON READING CERTAIN POEMS OF KEATS. | 4/7/1876 | See Source »

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Normalized population density for word "basil" throughout decades:

1870s : 0.2236
1880s : 0.3154
1890s : 0.3231
1900s : 0.2449
1910s : 0.4004
1920s : 2.2441
1930s : 2.8825
1940s : 1.6464
1950s : 1.2808
1960s : 0.6097
1970s : 0.6561
1980s : 0.4264
1990s : 1.2046
2000s : 0.4472
2010s : 1.1458