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1. (n.) banyan
an East Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, of the mulberry family, having branches that send out adventitious roots to the ground and sometimes cause the tree to spread over a wide area.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < Pg (perh. < Ar) < Gujarati vā&ndotbelow;iyo member of the merchant caste ; allegedly after a particular tree of the species near which merchants had built a booth)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) banyan, banyan tree, banian, banian tree, Indian banyan, East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis
East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
2. (noun) banyan, banian
a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India
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1. (noun) banyan
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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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. banyan
the Indian fig; a tree whose branches, bending to the ground, take root and form new stocks, till they cover a large area and become a forest.
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Sense: a tree that grows on wet land, with branches that have hanging roots that grow down and start new trunks.
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 Afrikaans: baniaanboom |
 Arabic: شَجَرَةُ الأثاب: تينُ الب |
 Bulgarian: вид дърво |
 Brazilian: figueira |
 Czech: banyán |
 German: indischer Feigenbaum |
 Danish: banyantræ |
 Greek: είδος φίκου που ευδοκιμεί |
 Spanish: higuera de Bengala |
 Estonian: bengali viigipuu |
 Farsi: درخت انجیر هندی |
 Finnish: banianviikuna |
 French: banian |
 Hebrew: פִיקוּס הוֹדִי |
 Hindi: बरगद का वृक्ष, वट |
 Croatian: banjan |
 Hungarian: indiai fügefa |
 Indonesian: beringin |
 Icelandic: fíkjutré |
 Italian: baniano |
 Japanese: ベンガルぼだい樹 |
 Korean: 반얀 나무 |
 Lithuanian: bengalinis fikusas |
 Latvian: banjans |
 Malay: pokok beringin |
 Norwegian: banyantre, indisk fikentr |
 Polish: !!!removed!!! |
 Persian: درخت انجیر هندی |
 Pashto: (د ختيځ هند) يو ډول د انځ |
 Portuguese: árvore |
 Romanian: smochin de India |
 Russian: баньян |
 Slovak: banyan |
 Slovenian: banjan |
 Serbian: banjan |
 Swedish: banian, banyan |
 Thai: ต้นไทร |
 Turkish: Hint inciri |
 Taiwanese: 榕樹 |
 Ukrainian: фікус бенгальський |
 Urdu: برگد |
 Vietnamese: cây đa |
 Chinese: 榕树，菩提树 |
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