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BANYAN TREE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
Synonyms:
banian; banian tree; banyan; banyan tree; East Indian fig tree; Ficus bengalensis; Indian banyan
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Hypernyms ("banyan tree" is a kind of...):
fig tree (any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature)
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