waringinn.
/wəˈrɪŋɡɪn/ = Benjamin tree n. at benjamin n.1 2.
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1889 S. J. Hickson Naturalist in N. Celebes vii. 160 I noticed some fine specimens of the famous waringin (Urostigma benjamineum), with its long pendulous aërial roots.
1889 S. J. Hickson Naturalist in N. Celebes x. 253 A large waringin tree was felled in full leaf, and then as they passed by every warrior plucked one leaf from it.
1929 H. S. Banner Trop. Tapestry 97 High overhead the giants of the forest [in Sumatra]—albizzia, puspa, waringin—intermesh their branches.
1937 M. Covarrubias Island of Bali iii. 43 Also important to the village life is the ever present waringin.., a giant banyan, the sacred tree of the Hindus, planted in the square.
1982 R. Manheim tr. Grass Headbirths iv. 49 The waringin trees spreading their shady roofs over the center of every village.
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