banyan tree

Questions about banyan tree

What is another word for banyan tree?

It depends which banyan tree you mean. In the sense “East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks”, the synonyms are banyan, banian, banian tree, Indian banyan, East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis. Across all 1 sense there are 6 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of banyan tree?

WordNet records no antonym for banyan tree. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for banyan tree come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

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• Full entry for banyan treeAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for banyan treeWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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