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Noun: banyan tree
  1. East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
    - banyan, banian, banian tree, Indian banyan, East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis

Derived forms: banyan trees

Type of: fig tree

Encyclopedia: Banyan tree