English Dictionary

banyan

/ˈbæn.jən/

noun

An Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer. / A tropical Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, that has many aerial roots. / A type of loose gown worn in India.

The banyan tree is considered sacred in Indian culture.

意味（1）

An Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.

意味（2）

A tropical Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, that has many aerial roots.

We climb and then descend; we pass by the great banyan which, like Atlas, settling himself powerfully on his contorted haunches, seems awaiting with knee and shoulder the burden of the sky.

意味（3）

A type of loose gown worn in India.

意味（4）

(India) A vest; an undershirt; a singlet.

意味（5）

(Britain, naval slang, dated) A camping excursion on shore, to give a ship's crew a break from shipboard routine.