HyperDic: banian_tree

English > 1 sense of the expression *banian tree*:
NOUN	plant	banian tree, banyan, banyan tree, banian, Indian banyan, East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis	East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks

English > *banian tree*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks.
Synonyms	banyan, banyan tree, banian, Indian banyan, East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis
Broader	fig tree	Any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus
Spanish	baniano
Catalan	banià