'Ficus religiosa' definitions:
Definition of 'Ficus religiosa'
From: WordNet
noun
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, Ficus religiosa]
Definition of 'Ficus religiosa'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ficus religiosa'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ficus religiosa'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]