Define the word Ficus religiosa"Ficus religiosa" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
peepul \pee"pul\ (p[=e]"p[u^]l), Peepul tree \Pee"pul
tree`\(p[=e]"p[u^]l tr[=e]`). [Hind. p[imac]pal, Skr. pippala.]
(Bot.)
A sacred tree (Ficus religiosa) of the Buddhists, a kind of
fig tree which attains great size and venerable age; it lacks
the prop roots of the banyan. See Bo tree. [Written also
pippul tree, and pipal tree.]
Syn: pipal, peepul, peepul tree, pipal tree, pipul, sacred
fig, bo tree, Ficus religiosa.
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"Ficus religiosa" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Bo tree \Bo" tree`\ (Bot.)
The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing at
Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under
which Gautama is said to have received the heavenly light and
so to have become Buddha.
[1913 Webster]
The sacred bo tree of the Buddhists (Ficus religiosa), which is planted close to every temple,
and attracts almost as much veneration as the status of
the god himself. . . . It differs from the banyan
(Ficus Indica) by sending down no roots from its
branches. --Tennent.
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"Ficus religiosa" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
Ficus religiosa
n : fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks
the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by
Buddhists [syn: pipal, pipal tree, pipul, peepul,
sacred fig, bo tree]
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