Definitions for: 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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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

See Also: fig tree, jacket

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