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Banian \Ban"ian\, n. [Skr. banij merchant. The tree was so named
by the English, because used as a market place by the
merchants.]
1. A Hindoo trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.
[Written also banyan.]
2. A man's loose gown, like that worn by the Banians.
3. (Bot.) The Indian fig. See Banyan.
Banian days (Naut.), days in which the sailors have no
flesh meat served out to them. This use seems to be
borrowed from the Banians or Banya race, who eat no flesh.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Banyan : \Ban"yan\, n. [See Banian.] (Bot.)
A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the
Indian fig ({Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to
the ground, which take root and become additional trunks,
until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is
able to shelter thousands of men.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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