tulsi

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi तुलसी (tulsī), from Sanskrit तुलसी (tulasī).

Pronunciation

Noun

tulsi (usually uncountable, plural tulsis)

  1. Holy basil, Ocimum tenuiflorum.
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 157:
      It was a long, long time since I had been to Rohala and while I recalled some of the rooms and the courtyard with the fountain and the tulsi plant, I had no memories of the exterior of the house I was looking for.

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