"holy basil" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: holy basils [plural]
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  1. Ocimum tenuiflorum, an aromatic plant cultivated for religious, medicinal, and culinary purposes and for its essential oil. Wikipedia link: Ocimum tenuiflorum Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Mint family plants Synonyms: tulsi Translations (plant): በሶብላ (bäsobla) (Amharic), তুলসী (tuloxi) (Assamese), তুলসী (tulśi) (Bengali), kamangkaw (Bikol Central), 聖羅勒 /圣罗勒 (shèngluólè) (Chinese Mandarin), 神羅勒 /神罗勒 (shénluólè) (Chinese Mandarin), 打拋 /打抛 (dǎpāo) (Chinese Mandarin), bazalka posvátná [feminine] (Czech), tulsí (Czech), basilic sacré [masculine] (French), basilic tulsi [masculine] (French), Indisches Basilikum [neuter] (German), તુલસી (tulsī) [feminine] (Gujarati), तुलसी (tulsī) (Hindi), basilico sacro [masculine] (Italian), 神目箒 (kami mebouki) (Japanese), ತುಳಸಿ (tuḷasi) (Kannada), 홀리바질 (hollibajil) (Korean), ກະເພົາ (ka phao) (Lao), ອີ່ຕູ່ໄທ (ʼī tū thai) (Lao), തുളസി (tuḷasi) (Malayalam), ꯇꯨꯜꯁꯤ (toolsee) (Manipuri), तुलसी (tulsī) [feminine] (Marathi), तुळस (tuḷas) [feminine] (Marathi), तुलसी (tulasī) (Nepali), ତୁଳସୀ (tuḷasi) (Odia), کشمالو (kas̱ẖ-mālū) [masculine] (Pashto), جماسپرم (jam-esparam) (Persian), ریحان مقدس (reyhân moghaddas) (Persian), bazylia azjatycka [feminine] (Polish), święta bazylia [feminine] (Polish), ਤੁਲਸੀ (tulsī) [feminine] (Punjabi), базилик тонкоцветный (bazilik tonkocvetnyj) [masculine] (Russian), तुलसी (tulasī) (Sanskrit), वृन्दा (vṛndā) [feminine] (Sanskrit), تُلَسِي (tulasi) (Sindhi), albahaca morada [feminine] (Spanish), kamangkaw (Tagalog), துளசி (tuḷaci) (Tamil), తులసి (tulasi) (Telugu), กะเพรา (gà-prao) (Thai), Hint fesleğeni (Turkish), базилік тонкоцвітний (bazylik tonkocvitnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), تلسی (tulsi) [feminine] (Urdu), hương nhu tía (Vietnamese), é rừng (Vietnamese), é tía (Vietnamese), é đỏ (Vietnamese)

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      "code": "bn",
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      "roman": "tulśi",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "তুলসী"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "kamangkaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèngluólè",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "聖羅勒 /圣罗勒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shénluólè",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "神羅勒 /神罗勒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dǎpāo",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "打拋 /打抛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bazalka posvátná"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "tulsí"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "basilic sacré"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "basilic tulsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Indisches Basilikum"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "tulsī",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "તુલસી"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "tulsī",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "तुलसी"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "basilico sacro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kami mebouki",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "神目箒"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "tuḷasi",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "ತುಳಸಿ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hollibajil",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "홀리바질"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ka phao",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "ກະເພົາ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ʼī tū thai",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "ອີ່ຕູ່ໄທ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "tuḷasi",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "തുളസി"
    },
    {
      "code": "mni",
      "lang": "Manipuri",
      "roman": "toolsee",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "ꯇꯨꯜꯁꯤ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "tulsī",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "तुलसी"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "tuḷas",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "तुळस"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "tulasī",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "तुलसी"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "tuḷasi",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "ତୁଳସୀ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "kas̱ẖ-mālū",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "کشمالو"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "jam-esparam",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "جماسپرم"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "reyhân moghaddas",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "ریحان مقدس"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bazylia azjatycka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "święta bazylia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "tulsī",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ਤੁਲਸੀ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bazilik tonkocvetnyj",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "базилик тонкоцветный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "tulasī",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "तुलसी"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "vṛndā",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "वृन्दा"
    },
    {
      "code": "sd",
      "lang": "Sindhi",
      "roman": "tulasi",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "تُلَسِي"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "albahaca morada"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "kamangkaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "tuḷaci",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "துளசி"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "tulasi",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "తులసి"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gà-prao",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "กะเพรา"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "Hint fesleğeni"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bazylik tonkocvitnyj",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "базилік тонкоцвітний"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "tulsi",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "تلسی"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "hương nhu tía"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "é rừng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "é tía"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "é đỏ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "holy basil"
}

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