HyperDic: bo_tree

English > 1 sense of the expression bo tree:
NOUNplantbo tree, pipal, pipal tree, pipul, peepul, sacred fig, Ficus religiosafig tree of India noted for great size and longevity
English > bo tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningfig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists.
Synonymspipal, pipal tree, pipul, peepul, sacred fig, Ficus religiosa
Broaderfig treeAny moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus
Spanishpipal, pipul
Catalanpipal, pipul

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