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Meanings of banian tree in English

Catalan
banià

East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks.

banià
Usage of banian tree in English
1
Over a few ploughed fields, and past that large banian tree, the jungle begins.
Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea
2
A large banian tree afforded us an imaginary shelter, but we were drenched to the skin in a few seconds.
The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon
3
Dr. Jerdon notes that he procured a nest at Saugor from a high branch of a banian tree in cantonments.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1
4
They went a little further, and dismounted at a pleasant cool bank, shaded by a large banian tree, and close to the Ganges.
Hindoo Tales; Or, the Adventures of Ten Princes
5
At some remote period a bird has dropped the seed of the banian tree (ficus Indicus) upon the decaying summit of a dagoba.
Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon
6
Under that banian tree lay my dead comrade-poorShaw; I would have given a fortune to have had him by my side at this time.
How I Found Livingstone / Travels, adventures, and discoveres in...
7
We now rode for seventeen miles through magnificent forest, containing the most stupendous banian trees that I have ever beheld.
The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon
8
They trudged until the dawn began to rise, bright yellow below the drooping banian trees; only Colonel Carter and the advance-guard riding.
Told in the East
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Translations for banian tree
Catalan
banià