| 单词 | banyan |
| 释义 | banyan /ban"yeuhn/, n. 1. Also called banyan tree. an East Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, of the mulberry family, having branches that send out adventitious roots to the ground and sometimes cause the tree to spread over a wide area. 2. Also, bania, baniya. (in India) a. a Hindu trader or merchant of a particular caste, the rules of which forbid eating flesh. b. a loose shirt, jacket, or gown. Also, banian. [1590-1600; < Pg (perh. < Ar) < Gujarati vaniyo (sing.) or vaniya (pl.) member of the merchant caste (cf. Prakrit vaniaya, Skt vanija trader); the tree is said to have taken its name from a particular tree of the species near which merchants had built a booth; source of final nasal uncert.] |
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