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Definition of Ficus bengalensis
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 Ficus Bengalensis
Literary usage of Ficus bengalensis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports on the Progress of Zoology and Botany, 1841, 1842 by Ray Society (1845)
"... ficus bengalensis, and Maranta zebrina, in nitric acid, and neutralised the
liquid with ammonia. The precipitate was heated in a platina crucible ..."
2. A Statistical Account of Bengal by William Wilson Hunter, Herbert Hope Risley, Hermann Michael Kisch (1876)
"Its branches spread lower and are more horizontal than those of ficus bengalensis,
and its stem is smaller. (193) Another tree similar to ..."
3. The History, Antiquities, Topography, and Statistics of Eastern India by Robert Montgomery Martin (1838)
"... specimens of the true Indian fig from Bengal, without any account of its manner
of growth, and described these under the name of ficus bengalensis, ..."
4. Proceedings of the Botanical Society of London by Botanical Society of London (1839)
"(I have given drawings as exact as possible of the crystals found in the cellules
of the following plants; ficus bengalensis, Maranta zebrina, ..."
5. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Tasteby Luther Tucker by Luther Tucker (1855)
"With all my heart ; here is a botanical work, look for the word Ficus. "Ficus.
Ficus religiosa — that's not it. ficus bengalensis — nor that. ..."
6. A Tour Round My Garden by Alphonse Karr (1855)
"ficus bengalensis— nor that. Ficus virens, ficus scabra, ficus mauritana—none of
them. Ficus populifolia, ficus ulmifolia. No. ..."
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