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    BANYAN TREE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunksplay

    Synonyms:

    banian; banian tree; banyan; banyan tree; East Indian fig tree; Ficus bengalensis; Indian banyan

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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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