holy basil
holy basil noun: ocimum tenuiflorum, an aromatic plant cultivated for religious, medicinal, and culinary purposes and for its essential oil.
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Noun
holy basil (countable and uncountable, plural holy basils)
holy basil meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
holy basil in Hindi
- plant
- तुलसी tulsī
holy basil in Tamil
- plant
- துளசி tuḷaci
holy basil in Marathi
- plant
- तुलसी tulsī, तुळस tuḷas
holy basil in Urdu
- plant
- تلسی tulsi
More languagesFewer languages
- holy basil in Bengali
- তুলসী tulśi
- holy basil in Telugu
- తులసి tulasi
- holy basil in Malayalam
- തുളസി tuḷasi
- holy basil in Kannada
- ತುಳಸಿ tuḷasi
- holy basil in Punjabi
- ਤੁਲਸੀ tulsī
- holy basil in Gujarati
- તુલસી tulsī
- holy basil in Odia
- ତୁଳସୀ tuḷasi
- holy basil in Sanskrit
- तुलसी tulasī, वृन्दा vṛndā
- holy basil in Assamese
- তুলসী tuloxi
- holy basil in Nepali
- तुलसी tulasī
- holy basil in Pashto
- کشمالو kas̱ẖ-mālū
- holy basil in Tagalog
- kamangkaw
- holy basil in Persian
- جماسپرم jam-esparam, ریحان مقدس reyhân moghaddas
- holy basil in Thai
- กะเพรา gà-prao
- holy basil in Vietnamese
- hương nhu tía, é rừng, é tía, é đỏ
- Sindhi
- تُلَسِي tulasi
Synonyms of holy basil
Forms of holy basil
| plural | holy basils |
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Questions about holy basil
- What does holy basil mean?
- Holy basil means ocimum tenuiflorum, an aromatic plant cultivated for religious, medicinal, and culinary purposes and for its essential oil.
- What is holy basil in Hindi?
- Holy basil in Hindi is तुलसी (tulsī). See Holy basil meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is holy basil?
- Holy basil is a noun.
- What is the plural of holy basil?
- The plural of holy basil is holy basils.
Words near holy basil in the dictionary
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