Definitions for: Banian

[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

Webster (1913) Definition: Ban"ian, n. [Skr. banij merchant. The tree was so named
by the English, because used as a market place by the
merchants.]
1. A Hindoo trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.
[Written also banyan.]

2. A man's loose gown, like that worn by the Banians.

3. (Bot.) The Indian fig. See Banyan.

Banian days (Naut.), days in which the sailors have no
flesh meat served out to them. This use seems to be
borrowed from the Banians or Banya race, who eat no flesh.

Synonyms: banian tree, banyan, banyan, banyan tree, East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis, Indian banyan

See Also: fig tree, jacket

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