ficus bengalensis

What does ficus bengalensis mean?

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

What is another word for ficus bengalensis?

Close synonyms include banyan, banyan tree, banian, banian tree, Indian banyan. 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 ficus bengalensis a common word?

ficus bengalensis 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 ficus bengalensis come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.