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Definition of: banyan
(ban′yən) noun
An East Indian fig-bearing tree (Ficus benghalensis) which sends down from its branches roots that develop into new trunks, thus producing a thick and shady grove: also spelled banian. [<BANIAN, from the use of the ground under the tree as a market place]
(From 80 to 100 feet high)
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