ADJ.
aerial, ancient, great, massive, single
VERB + BANYAN
hide-and-seek
BANYAN + NOUN
atlas, tree's
PREP.
among
noun
An Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.
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.
Various other trees of the Ficus subgenus Urostigma, especially Ficus pertusa (Central American banyan) and Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan or Malayan banyan).
A type of loose gown worn in India.
A vest; an undershirt; a singlet.
It was an honest letter, written by an honest man, then stewing in the Plains on two hundred rupees a month (for he allowed his wife eight hundred and fifty), and in a silk banian and cotton trousers.
name
A locality in the Shire of Buloke, north western Victoria, Australia
noun — a loose fitting jacket
noun — East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down
In British naval tradition, a day of the week when galley kitchens served no meat on board ship.
This was a favourable circumstance in one respect to myself and the ship's company, for as Tuesday is a sumptuous day in point of allowance in the navy, beef and pudding being the
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.
WiktionaryIt was an honest letter, written by an honest man, then stewing in the Plains on two hundred rupees a month (for he allowed his wife eight hundred and fifty), and in a silk banian and cotton trousers.
WiktionaryThe children played hide-and-seek among the banyan tree's aerial roots.
Tatoeba · #13598782A massive banyan spread its roots across the path, forcing us to walk around it.
Tatoeba · #13598785Tom painted a landscape dominated by a single ancient banyan.
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