Definition of banyan
:an East Indian fig tree (Ficus benghalensis) of the mulberry family with branches that send out roots which grow down to the soil and form secondary trunks
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A swing through a mythical-looking banyan tree forest?
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The grass is riddled with tiny purple flowers, and a grand banyan tree that neighborhood kids climb grows beside the canal.
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Against all odds, that banyan survived the ensuing 239 years and stands, in almost like-new condition, next to the painting in the Atheneum gallery.
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The 232 rooms are mostly in three-story tan buildings, set along gray cobblestone paths near palm and banyan trees.
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Bar-Ness knows more about the magnitude of giant banyans than just about anyone.
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The Bodhi tree, which Buddha sat under for seven days to attain enlightenment, was also a type of banyan.
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The model also got to work alongside artisans at the John Hardy design compound, an open-air studio–cum–workshop–cum–organic farm nestled among banyan trees.
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Origin and Etymology of banyan
earlier banyan Gujarati trader, from Portuguese banean, probably from Tamil vāniyan trader, from Sanskrit vāṇija; from a tree of the species in Iran under which such traders conducted business
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: an Indian tree with long branches that send roots down to the ground forming secondary trunks
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