Banyan (album)
WordNet
noun
(1) A loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India
(2) East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
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Etymology
From , from , from , from , from earlier . The name appears to have been first bestowed popularly on a famous tree of this species growing near Bandar Abbas, under which the Bannians or Hindu traders settled at that port, had built a little pagoda.
Noun
- An Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.
- A tropical Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, that has many aerial roots.
- A type of loose gown worn in India.