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Definition of Banyan tree
1. Noun. East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks.
Generic synonyms: Fig Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Banyan Tree
Literary usage of Banyan tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poems: And Poems of California and the West by Benjamin Franklin Field (1904)
"Hearts for thy embrace are beating, Never Lesbos better knew That the Muses'
favor, fleeting, Is for those that sail to you. THE banyan tree ..."
2. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"As the banyan tree gets old, it breaks up into separate masses, the original trun
k decay ing, and the props becoming separata trunks of the different ..."
3. A History of the Vegetable Kingdom: Embracing the Physiology of Plants, with by William Rhind (1857)
"THE banyan tree, BAOBAB. WE have in the foregoing chapters described the most useful
... THE banyan tree (fiats Indica).* This singular tree belongs to the ..."
4. A Visit to India, China, and Japan in the Year 1853 by Bayard Taylor (1874)
"... Horses and Drivers—Jungle—Tbe banyan tree—The Tamarind—The Natives of the
Jungle—Military Salutations—The Town of ..."
5. Adventure Guide Maui by Sharon Hamblin (2005)
"The banyan tree Start your visit to Lahaina with a visit to this famous landmark.
I had a friend who said she and others had trouble finding ..."
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