OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 40691

banyan

/ˈbæn.jæn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
baniano
A tropical Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, that has many aerial roots.
We climb and then descend; we pass by the great banyan which, like Atlas, settling himself powerfully on his contorted haunches, seems awaiting with knee and shoulder the burden of…