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tulsi en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• to͝olʹsē (General-American)
• /ˈtʊlsi/ (General-American)
• /ˈtʊlsiː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈt̪ʊl(ə)si/ (South-Asia)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Holy basil, Ocimum tenuiflorum.
   • 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. 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 157:

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