banian

Part of speech: noun

An East- Indian tree, which sends down from its branches roots that develop into accessory trunks; Indian fig.

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Usage examples "banian":

  1. Yes, I see; but oh, I was so happy being a garden flower with the sunshine on my head, and I can't seem to care the least little bit for being a banian- tree! - "Polly Oliver's Problem", Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin.
  2. " I am going to be a banian- tree, if you please," answered Polly. - "Polly Oliver's Problem", Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin.
  3. To this banian all the Company's servants are made subject; they are bound to obey all his orders, and those of his committee. - "The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. XII. (of XII.)", Edmund Burke.