banian tree

What does banian tree mean?

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

What is another word for banian tree?

Close synonyms include banyan, banyan tree, banian, Indian banyan, East Indian fig tree. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is banian tree a common word?

banian tree is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for banian tree come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.