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| 1. | Also called banyan tree. an East Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, of the mulberry family, having branches that send out adventitious roots to the ground and sometimes cause the tree to spread over a wide area. |
| 2. | Also, bania, baniya. (in India)
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Also, banian.
[Origin: 1590–1600; < Pg (perh. < Ar) < Gujarati vāṇiyo (sing.) or vāṇiyā (pl.) member of the merchant caste (cf. Prakrit vāṇiaya, Skt vāṇija trader); the tree is said to have taken its name from a particular tree of the species near which merchants had built a booth; source of final nasal uncert.]
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Banyan
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n. A tropical Indian fig tree (Ficus benghalensis), often widely spreading because of the many aerial roots that descend from the branches and develop into additional trunks. It is planted for ornament and shade. [Short for banyan tree, merchants' tree, from Portuguese banian, Hindu merchant, from Gujarati vāṇiyo, from Sanskrit vāṇijaḥ; see wen-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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banyan
"Indian fig tree," 1634, so called in allusion to a tree on the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf under which the Hindu merchants known as banians had built a pagoda. From Skt. vanija "merchant."
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| banyan | |
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| 1. | East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks |
| 2. | a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
banyan [ˈbӕnjən] noun
a tree that grows on wet land, with branches that have hanging roots that grow down and start new trunks
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Banyan company
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Address: Westborough MA, USA.
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banyan
Ban"ian\, n. [Skr. banij merchant. The tree was so named by the English, because used as a market place by the merchants.]1. A Hindoo trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer. [Written also banyan.] 2. A man's loose gown, like that worn by the Banians. 3. (Bot.) The Indian fig. See Banyan. Banian days (Naut.), days in which the sailors have no flesh meat served out to them. This use seems to be borrowed from the Banians or Banya race, who eat no flesh.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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