1) Banian 2) Banian tree 3) Banyan tree 4) Canopy tree 5) East indian fig tree 6) East indian tree 7) English boy name 8) Ficus bengalensis 9) Fig family member 10) Fig tree 11) Fig tree variety 12) Hanging roots tree 13) Indian banyan 14) Indian fig tree 15) Indian tree 16) Loose-fitting jacket 17) Many-trunk tree
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1) Banian 2) Tree
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A Banyan (also Banian) is a fig that starts its life as an epiphyte (a plant growing on another plant) 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 Indian banyan or Ficus benghalensis, which is the national tree of the Republic of India.....
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[clothing] A banyan (through Portuguese banian and Arabic بنيان, banyān, from the Gujarati વાણિયો, vāṇiyo, meaning `merchant`) is a garment worn by men in the 18th century influenced by Persian and Asian clothing. Banyan is also commonly used in present day Indian English and other countries in the Indian Subcontinent t...
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Traditional Royal Navy term for a day or shorter period of rest and relaxation.
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Traditional Royal Navy term for a day or shorter period of rest and relaxation.
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• (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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(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 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...
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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 she...
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The banyan banyan or banian (Ficus indica), is a tree of India, of the fig genus. The most peculiar feature of this tree is its method of throwing out from the horizontal branches, supports which take root as soon as they reach the ground, enlarge into trunks, and extending branches in their turn, soon cover a prodigious extent of ground. A celebra...
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A banyan (banian) is an Indian loose-fitting shirt or jacket. The term originated during the days of the British occupation of India and applied to a loose coat.
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[
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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Type of fig tree
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banian noun a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India
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Tropical Asian fig tree. It produces aerial roots that grow down from its spreading branches, forming supporting pillars that look like separate trunks. (
Ficus benghalensis, family Moraceae.)
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