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banyan

/ˈbanjən

(also banian)

noun

1 (also banyan tree) An Indian fig tree, the branches of which produce wide-ranging aerial roots which later become accessory trunks.

Ficus benghalensis, family Moraceae.

The monument is a massive flagpole entwined with the trunk and branches of a symbolic banyan tree forged in steel....

Then it scampered off up the aerial roots of a nearby banyan tree.
A porter stops to rest under the shade of a huge banyan tree, its trunk twisting out of the earth and its umbrella-like branches arching over a granite stairway.

2A loose flannel undergarment worn in India.In their saris, salwar kameez, kurtas, t-shirts, trousers, lunghis and banians, people from Assam to Kerala, from Gujarat to Jharkhand, were gathering in Mumbai for the World Social Forum....

In contrast to more reserved garments like the banyan, the kilt became a symbol of a rough-hewn paradise.
Also of interest is a rare crimson damask banyan - an early precursor of the dressing gown - of early 18 th-century silk, worn by Thomas Severne, Gentleman of the Bed Chamber to King William III.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Portuguese, from Gujarati vāṇiyo 'man of the trading caste', from Sanskrit. Originally denoting a Hindu merchant, the term was applied, by Europeans in the mid 17th century, to a tree under which such traders had built a pagoda.

The Indian fig tree known as a banyan comes via Portuguese, from a Gujarati word for ‘a man of the trading caste’. The word originally meant a Hindu merchant, but in the mid 17th century came to be applied by Europeans to one particular tree, the Banyans' Tree, under which traders had built a pagoda.

单词	banyan
释义	banyan /ˈbanjən / (also banian) noun 1 (also banyan tree) An Indian fig tree, the branches of which produce wide-ranging aerial roots which later become accessory trunks. Ficus benghalensis, family Moraceae. The monument is a massive flagpole entwined with the trunk and branches of a symbolic banyan tree forged in steel.... Then it scampered off up the aerial roots of a nearby banyan tree. A porter stops to rest under the shade of a huge banyan tree, its trunk twisting out of the earth and its umbrella-like branches arching over a granite stairway. 2A loose flannel undergarment worn in India.In their saris, salwar kameez, kurtas, t-shirts, trousers, lunghis and banians, people from Assam to Kerala, from Gujarat to Jharkhand, were gathering in Mumbai for the World Social Forum.... In contrast to more reserved garments like the banyan, the kilt became a symbol of a rough-hewn paradise. Also of interest is a rare crimson damask banyan - an early precursor of the dressing gown - of early 18 th-century silk, worn by Thomas Severne, Gentleman of the Bed Chamber to King William III. Origin Late 16th century: from Portuguese, from Gujarati vāṇiyo 'man of the trading caste', from Sanskrit. Originally denoting a Hindu merchant, the term was applied, by Europeans in the mid 17th century, to a tree under which such traders had built a pagoda. The Indian fig tree known as a banyan comes via Portuguese, from a Gujarati word for ‘a man of the trading caste’. The word originally meant a Hindu merchant, but in the mid 17th century came to be applied by Europeans to one particular tree, the Banyans' Tree, under which traders had built a pagoda.
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