HyperDic: banyan_tree

English > 1 sense of the expression *banyan tree*:
NOUN	plant	banyan tree, banyan, banian, banian tree, 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 > *banyan 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, banian, banian tree, Indian banyan, East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis
Broader	fig tree	Any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus
Spanish	baniano
Catalan	banià