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)

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.

Further reading

• Ocimum tenuiflorum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• sluit, utils