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Peppermint vs Tulsi - What's the difference?

peppermint | tulsi |

As nouns the difference between peppermint and tulsi

is that peppermint is a hybrid herb of the mint family formed by crossing watermint and spearmint, which has a high menthol content and a sharp flavor and is used in cooking, especially in herb teas and in confections while tulsi is holy basil, species: Ocimum tenuiflorum.

peppermint

English

(wikipedia peppermint)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hybrid herb of the mint family formed by crossing watermint and spearmint, which has a high menthol content and a sharp flavor and is used in cooking, especially in herb teas and in confections.
  • A confection containing extract of peppermint.

    • Derived terms

    * peppermint stick

    tulsi

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Holy basil, .
  • *1997 , (Kiran Nagarkar), Cuckold , HarperCollins 2013, p. 157:
  • *:It was a long, long time since I had been to Rohala and while I recalled some of the rooms and the courtyard with the fountain and the tulsi plant, I had no memories of the exterior of the house I was looking for.