Phrase guide

holy basil

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tulsi

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: በሶብላ (bäsobla) — plant
  • Assamese: তুলসী (tuloxi) — plant
  • Bengali: তুলসী (tulśi) — plant
  • Central Bikol: kamangkaw — plant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聖羅勒 /圣罗勒 (shèngluólè) — plant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 神羅勒 /神罗勒 (shénluólè) — plant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 打拋 /打抛 (dǎpāo) — plant
  • Czech: bazalka posvátná — plant
  • Czech: tulsí — plant
  • French: basilic sacré — plant
  • French: basilic tulsi — plant
  • German: Indisches Basilikum — plant
  • Gujarati: તુલસી (tulsī) — plant
  • Hindi: तुलसी (tulsī) — plant
  • Italian: basilico sacro — plant
  • Japanese: 神目箒 (kami mebouki) — plant
  • Kannada: ತುಳಸಿ (tuḷasi) — plant
  • Korean: 홀리바질 (hollibajil) — plant
  • Lao: ກະເພົາ (ka phao) — plant
  • Lao: ອີ່ຕູ່ໄທ (ʼī tū thai) — plant
  • Malayalam: തുളസി (tuḷasi) — plant
  • Manipuri: ꯇꯨꯜꯁꯤ (tulsi) — plant
  • Marathi: तुलसी (tulsī) — plant
  • Marathi: तुळस (tuḷas) — plant
  • Nepali: तुलसी (tulasī) — plant
  • Odia: ତୁଳସୀ (tuḷasi) — plant
  • Pashto: کشمالو (kas̱ẖ-mālū) — plant
  • Persian: جماسپرم (jam-esparam) — plant
  • Persian: ریحان مقدس (reyhân moghaddas) — plant
  • Polish: bazylia azjatycka — plant
  • Polish: święta bazylia — plant
  • Punjabi: ਤੁਲਸੀ (tulsī) — plant
  • Russian: базилик тонкоцветный (bazilik tonkocvetnyj) — plant
  • Sanskrit: तुलसी (tulasī) — plant
  • Sanskrit: वृन्दा (vṛndā) — plant
  • Sindhi: تُلَسِي (tulasi) — plant
  • Spanish: albahaca morada — plant
  • Tagalog: kamangkaw — plant
  • Tamil: துளசி (tuḷaci) — plant
  • Telugu: తులసి (tulasi) — plant
  • Thai: กะเพรา (gà-prao) — plant
  • Turkish: Hint fesleğeni — plant
  • Ukrainian: базилік тонкоцвітний (bazylik tonkocvitnyj) — plant
  • Urdu: تلسی (tulsi) — plant
  • Vietnamese: hương nhu tía — plant
  • Vietnamese: é rừng — plant
  • Vietnamese: é tía — plant
  • Vietnamese: é đỏ — plant