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Indian banyan   /ˈɪndiən bˈænjən/   Listen
Indian banyan

noun
1.
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.






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... Ficus Vasta would be a strange name surely to give to a Plane-tree, but Forskal may be acquitted of such an eccentricity. The Tholak (for that seems to be the proper vocalisation) is a tree of Arabia Felix, very different from the Chinar, for it is the well-known Indian Banyan, or a closely-allied species, as may be seen in Forskal's description. The latter indeed says that the Arab botanists called it Delb, and that (or Dulb) is really a synonym for the Chinar. But De ...
— The Travels of Marco Polo Volume 1 • Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa



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