banyan tree

collocation in English

meaningsofbanyanandtree

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banyan
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbæn.jæn/us
/ˈbæn.jæn/
a South Asian fruit tree with branches that produce roots that grow down into the ground to form ...
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tree
noun[C]
uk
/triː/us
/triː/
a tall plant that has a wooden trunk and branches that grow from its ...
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Thebanyantreestarts out growing in one place.
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Perhaps on a mild day, we would allow those people to be hung upside down by their toes in the nearestbanyantree.
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In fact, even a little seed would have been blown up into a sort ofbanyantreein no time.
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In almost every village there is someone who sits under abanyantree, who knows everything about everything, and who is apt to have a very considerable influence.
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Women pray for their husbands by tying threads around abanyantreeon this day.
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He asked abanyantreewhose it was; it said it was his; he ordered it to fall down.
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Thapar visits the world's largest fig, a sacredbanyantreethat draw pilgrims from far and wide.
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A hugebanyantreewas the mark of that place (3,12).
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A hugebanyantreemarked that place (3,12).
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At the entrance of the village there is a bigbanyantreeand around the tree there are some temples.
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A massive and gracefulbanyantreeadds to the charm of the place.
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The serene park is spread across a hectare under the vast canopy of a singlebanyantreethat attracts tourists and local population alike.
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Its meetings were usually held by the village elders under abanyantree, and helped in the local settlement disputes.
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A hugebanyantreeon the southern margin of the reservoir provides shade and adds beauty to the whole scene.
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There is a lovely pond in front of the temple and a bigbanyantree.
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We made thisbanyantreewith fibre as we wanted it to have a particular look.
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Shashthi is also commonly represented by planting abanyantreeor a small branch in the soil of a family's home garden.
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The village elders used to meet under thebanyantree.
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On the barsiti flaws, on the fifteenth of jeth, women worship abanyantreeby walking round it and tying a thread round the trunk.
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The name of the village derives frombanyantree.
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