| 释义 |
banyan/ˈbæniən, -njən/n. (also 亦作 banian) 1 (also 亦作 banyan tree) an Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, the branches of which hang down and root themselves 印度榕树 2 a Hindu trader 印度商人 3 a loose flannel jacket, shirt, or gown worn in India (印度人穿的)宽大法兰绒长袍(或上衣等) [Portuguese banian from Gujarati vɑˉniyo ‘man of trading caste’, from Sanskrit: applied originally to one such tree under which banyans had built a pagoda] |