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What is a banyan?

What is a banyan? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.
  2. A tropical Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, that has many aerial roots.
  3. A type of loose gown worn in India.
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We pass endless farmyards where cows doze under banyan trees in the morning light and goats bleat hysterically at the sight of her.
In contrast to more reserved garments like the banyan, the kilt became a symbol of a rough-hewn paradise.
Among the section on trees, the pipal and the banyan were regarded as sacred or even as deities themselves in both Buddhist and Hindu traditions.
The banyan tree stood above all, its topmost branch trying to reach out to the sky.
Under a banyan tree are a cluster of stones streaked with vermillion and considered the dwelling place of the snake god.
The monument is a massive flagpole entwined with the trunk and branches of a symbolic banyan tree forged in steel.

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