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Banyan tree

noun

East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks. Synonyms: banian, banian tree, banyan, East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis, Indian banyan.

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"Banyan tree" Quotes from Famous Books

... The Banyan tree in the Company's Botanic garden, is a fine tree, but it is of small dimensions compared with those of the ...

— Flowers and Flower-Gardens • David Lester Richardson

... was then taken up by the dervishes and fakirs of the country in a religious point of view; they split into two parties, tried the question by a dispute under a banyan tree, which lasted eighteen months, and still not half of the holy men had given their sentiments upon the question; tired of talking, they proceeded to blows, and then to anathematisation and excommunication of ...

— The Pacha of Many Tales • Frederick Marryat

... into all sorts of industries, professions, and arts. Her growth is absolutely natural. It is, too, one of the most economical growths the world knows. Nothing is lost in it. She spreads literally like the banyan tree. ...

— The Business of Being a Woman • Ida M. Tarbell