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banian

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ban·ian  (bnyn)
n.
Variant of banyan.
banian [ˈbænjən]
n
(Clothing & Fashion) a variant spelling of banyan
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Noun1.banianbanian - East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
banian tree, banyan, banyan tree, East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis, Indian banyan
fig tree - any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature
2.banian - a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India
banyan
jacket - a short coat


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It permits or constrains the formation of new acquaintances and the reception of new influences that prove of the first importance to the next years; and the man or woman who would have remained a sunny garden-flower, with no room for its roots and too much sunshine for its head, by the falling of the walls and the neglect of the gardener is made the banian of the forest, yielding shade and fruit to wide neighborhoods of men.
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