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Banyan

Banyan Meaning & Definition
Banyan Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Banyan?

[n] a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India
[n] East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks

Synonyms | Synonyms for Banyan: banian | banian | banian tree | banyan tree | East Indian fig tree | Ficus bengalensis | Indian banyan

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See Also | fig tree | jacket

Banyan In Webster's Dictionary

\Ban"yan\, n. [See {Banian}.] (Bot.) A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig ({Ficus Indica}), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men.

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