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Bo tree

Bo tree Meaning & Definition
Bo tree Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bo tree?

[n] fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bo tree: Ficus religiosa | peepul | pipal | pipal tree | pipul | sacred fig

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See Also | fig tree

Bo tree In Webster's Dictionary

\Bo" tree`\ (Bot.) The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing at Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under which Gautama is said to have received the heavenly light and so to have become Buddha. The sacred bo tree of the Buddhists ({Ficus religiosa}), which is planted close to every temple, and attracts almost as much veneration as the status of the god himself. . . . It differs from the banyan ({Ficus Indica}) by sending down no roots from its branches. --Tennent.

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