tulsi

See also: Tulsi

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtʊlsiː/
(General American) enPR: to͝olʹsē, IPA^(key): /ˈtʊlsi/
Hyphenation: tul‧si

Noun

tulsi (usually uncountable, plural tulsis)

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.

Further reading

Ocimum tenuiflorum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

sluit, utils

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