'Pippul tree' definitions:
Definition of 'Pippul tree'
From: GCIDE
- Pippul tree \Pip"pul tree`\ Same as Peepul tree. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'pippul tree'
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]