holy basil

noun

Ocimum tenuiflorum, an aromatic plant cultivated for religious, medicinal, and culinary purposes and for its essential oil.

Similar
tulsi
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Meanings

nounholy basil (countable and uncountable, plural holy basils)

plural holy basils

  1. countableuncountableOcimum tenuiflorum, an aromatic plant cultivated for religious, medicinal, and culinary purposes and for its essential oil.

    Synonyms: tulsi

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOcimum tenuiflorum, an aromatic plant cultivated for religious, medicinal, and culinary purposes and for its essential oil.

Similar
tulsi

Translations

Bengali তুলসী
  • তুলসী (tulśi)plant
Chinese Mandarin 聖羅勒 /圣罗勒, 神羅勒 /神罗勒
  • 聖羅勒 /圣罗勒 (shèngluólè)plant
  • 神羅勒 /神罗勒 (shénluólè)plant
  • 打拋 /打抛 (dǎpāo)plant
Czech bazalka posvátná, tulsí
  • bazalka posvátnáplant
  • tulsíplant
Finnish pyhäbasilika
  • pyhäbasilikaplant
French basilic sacré, basilic tulsi
  • basilic sacréplant
  • basilic tulsiplant
German Indisches Basilikum
  • Indisches Basilikumplant
Hindi तुलसी
  • तुलसी (tulsī)plant
Italian basilico sacro
  • basilico sacroplant
Japanese 神目箒
  • 神目箒 (kami mebouki)plant
Korean 홀리바질
  • 홀리바질 (hollibajil)plant
Persian جماسپرم, ریحان مقدس
  • جماسپرم (jam-esparam)plant
  • ریحان مقدس (reyhân moghaddas)plant
Polish bazylia azjatycka, święta bazylia
  • bazylia azjatyckaplant
  • święta bazyliaplant
Punjabi ਤੁਲਸੀ
  • ਤੁਲਸੀ (tulsī)plant
Russian базилик тонкоцветный
  • базилик тонкоцветный (bazilik tonkocvetnyj)plant
Spanish albahaca morada
  • albahaca moradaplant
Tagalog kamangkaw
  • kamangkawplant
Tamil துளசி
  • துளசி (tuḷaci)plant
Thai กะเพรา
  • กะเพรา (gà-prao)plant
Turkish Hint fesleğeni
  • Hint fesleğeniplant
Ukrainian базилік тонкоцвітний
  • базилік тонкоцвітний (bazylik tonkocvitnyj)plant
Urdu تلسی
  • تلسی (tulsi)plant
Vietnamese hương nhu tía, é rừng
  • hương nhu tíaplant
  • é rừngplant
  • é tíaplant
  • é đỏplant
Cite this entry
APA

holy basil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holy%20basil

MLA

“holy basil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holy%20basil. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “holy basil,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holy%20basil.

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