Look up: Banyan

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   Banyan
   The banyan is a large fig tree native to India.
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   Banyan
   Banyan PartyAn old Naval name for a picnic party, especially nowadays by bus. The word 'Banyan' originates from the time when, as an economy, meat was not issued on Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays: these days were called 'Banyan Days' after a religious sect in the East which believed it wicked to eat meat. It became the custom for men to save up portions of their rations to tide them over these meatless days, and also to be sent ashore on those days to gather fruit. Meatless days were discontinued in 1884.
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   banyan
   [n] - East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks 2. [n] - a loose fitting jacket
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   Banyan
   (company) A personal computer networking company, best known for its 'Vines' products for local area networks. Address: Westborough MA, USA. [More info?] (1995-03-01)
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   Banyan
   a multistage network consisting of switching devices with two buffered inputs and two outputs arranged to allow any network input to be connected to any network output over a single path Category: Electrical engineering and energy
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   Banyan
   Ban'yan noun [ See Banian .] (Botany) 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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   banyan
   <botany> 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. ... See: Banian. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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   banyan
   banian noun a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India
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   banyan
   banyan tree noun East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
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    Banyan
    A `banyan` is a fig that starts its life as an epiphyte when its seeds germinate in the cracks and crevices on a host tree (or on structures like buildings and bridges). `Banyan` often refers specifically to the species `Ficus benghalensis`, though the term has been generalized to include all figs that share a unique life cycle, and sytematically to refer to the subgenus `Urostigma` The seeds of banyans are dispersed by fruit-eating birds. The se...
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    Banyan
    • (n.) 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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    banyan
    (Ficus benghalensis, or F. indica), unusually shaped tree of the fig genus in the mulberry family (Moraceae) native to tropical Asia. Aerial roots ... [4 related articles]
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    Banyan
    Banyan is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `The Banyan Tree ` The name Banyan doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Banyan seems to be unique!
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    banyan
    banyan (băn'yun) , species of fig (Ficus bengalensis) of the family Moraceae (mulberry family), native to India, where it is venerated. Its seeds usually germinate in the branches of some tree where they have been dropped by birds. The young plant puts forth aerial rootlets, which, on reac...
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