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banian

/ban-yuhn/US // ˈbæn yən //UK // (ˈbænjən) //

蕉叶,蕉岭,蕉林,蕉岭人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a variant of banyan.

Examples

  • One of a shooting party had killed a female monkey in a banian tree, and carried it to his tent.

  • He should have come to my banian, Cantoo Baboo; he should have offered him a bribe upon the occasion.

  • It is there that that mighty tree called the Eternal banian stands.

  • This is an excellent holy bathing-place on the river Yamuna, known as Plakshavatarana (descent of the banian tree).

  • They went a little further, and dismounted at a pleasant cool bank, shaded by a large banian tree, and close to the Ganges.