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Definition of East Indian fig 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 East Indian Fig Tree
Literary usage of East Indian fig tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms ; with a by William Chauncey Fowler (1855)
"Banian, an East Indian fig-tree. Brahmin, a priest of Brahma, the divinity of
the Hindoos. Gooroo, a priest among the Sikhs of India. ..."
2. The English Language in Its Elements and Forms: With a History of Its Origin by William Chauncey Fowler (1855)
"Banian, an East Indian fig-tree. Brahmin, a priest of Brahma, the divinity of
the Hindoos- Gooroo, a priest among the Sikhs of India. ..."
3. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"53), which nourishes in the i Ficus religiosa. FKJ. 356. Leaf of an East Indian
fig tree,1 with a slender, tapering point to drain off water After Sell im ..."
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