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👩 A female name 🌿 A holy plant 🍵 A herbal tea
tulsi

tulsi

7.6
A tropical plant whose strong smelling leaves people use in cooking, medicine, and Hindu worship
  • noun
  • /ˈtʌlsi/
  • Indian
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  • It has organic reishi extract, organic field mint extract, organic rose hips extract, organic tulsi extract, and that's it.

Examples

  • The tulsi plant is often used in Hindu religious rituals for its sacred properties.

  • It has organic reishi extract, organic field mint extract, organic rose hips extract, organic tulsi extract and that's it.

  • It doesn't necessarily have as big an impact on cortisol that you see with something like tulsi or ashagandha cause shishandra is more stimulatory.

  • In traditional medicine, tulsi leaves are used to prepare various herbal remedies.

  • Many people enjoy adding fresh tulsi to their cooking for its aromatic flavor.

Synonyms

tulasi
vstulsi
  • Indian
9.9

A tropical plant called holy basil used in Hindu worship and traditional medicine

is the other common English spelling of the same plant

Surface Forms

tulsi singular
tulsis plural

Etymology

Tulsi comes from the old Sanskrit word tulasi, which means 'the incomparable' or 'without equal'. The plant is sacred in Hindu homes and temples, so the name reminds people it is special and holy.