名詞 banyan:

1. East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
   同義詞：banyan tree, banian, banian tree, Indian banyan, East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis
2. a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India
   同義詞：banian

banyan 也作 ban.ian

n.（名詞）
A tropical Indian fig tree(Ficus benghalensis), often widely spreading because of the many aerial roots that descend from the branches and develop into additional trunks. It is planted for ornament and shade.
孟加拉榕：一種熱帶的印度無花果樹（孟加拉榕 榕屬） 因其枝上生有氣根，垂入土中并長成另外的樹干，所以覆蓋面積很大。因裝飾性和樹蔭而被種植

來源：
Short for banyan tree [merchants` tree]
banyan tree的簡寫 [商人樹]
from Portuguese banian [Hindu merchant]
源自 葡萄牙語 banian [印度商人]
from Gujarati v3ôiyo
源自 古吉拉特語 v3ôiyo
from Sanskrit v3ôijaô * see wen-
源自 梵文 v3ôijaô *參見 wen-