(n.) A Hindoo trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.
(n.) A man's loose gown, like that worn by the Banians.
(n.) The Indian fig. See Banyan.
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Banyan
Definition:
(n.) A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men.
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(1) The small thin legs dangling in a banyan tree are poignant evidence.
(2) As an Indonesian journalist commented, it was difficult for others to grow under Suharto's "big banyan tree".
(3) The results indicate that in high and medium traffic regions, lead content of banyan leaves is high and is more prominent in winter months than in summer months.
(4) They step deftly over a woman lying across the pavement, her birch brooms laid out for sale, her two children silhouettes in a banyan tree that is their home.
(5) "I would like to be able to carry out genetic analysis of the algae in the coral to find out whether we can transplant heat-tolerant ones to parts of the reef where it is more exposed and so build coverage there," says Robert Tomasetti, a marine biologist also based at Banyan Tree resort in Vabbinfaru.
(6) The accumulation of lead from motor vehicle exhaust on leaves of banyan trees (Ficus benghalensis) growing on roadsides from different traffic density regions of Calcutta has been investigated and the values have been compared with a few samples from remote areas.
(7) We talk under a banyan tree that has watched over six generations of the Patel family.
(8) Built in an old haveli (private mansion), its airy courtyard, centred around a gnarled 160-year-old banyan tree, makes it one of the prettiest settings in town.
(9) Soaring deficit He continued to woo foreign investors and indulge in extravagant urban improvement: in 2010, his campaign to replace mature banyan trees with ginkgos ill-suited to the climate cost the city around $1.5bn .
(10) "The size of the deal is meant to show a real commitment on the part of the eurozone to stabilise the system," said Robert Pavlik, of Banyan Partners.