Any place that is optimal for obtaining a certain desirable effect or result. / (figuratively) Any set of conditions that is optimal for obtaining a certain desirable effect or result.

(basketball, US, informal) The sixteen teams participating in the regional semifinals of the NCAA Division I tournament, one of whom will become the national champion.

An aromatic perennial plant, formerly used as a strewing herb, Galium odoratum (formerly Asperula odorata), with small white flowers.

Cider (apple juice containing pulp) which has not been fermented and so is non-alcoholic.

An herb used for seasoning (Ocimum basilicum)

(idiomatic) Insubstantial or romantic words that are only meant to flatter, woo, or seduce.

A perennial wetland plant, Acorus calamus, with an aromatic medicinal root, formerly used to strew floors.

(informal, often offensive) A term of address implying the person addressed has attractive buttocks.

A tropical perennial American vine, Ipomoea batatas, having a fleshy tuber. / The tuber of this plant cooked as a vegetable. / An ocarina.

(poetic) as sweet or attractive as a flower