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[syn: pipal, pipal tree, pipul, peepul, sacred fig, bo tree, Ficus religiosa]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bo tree \Bo" tree`\ (Bot.)
The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing at
Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under
which Gautama is said to have received the heavenly light and
so to have become Buddha.
[1913 Webster]
The sacred bo tree of the Buddhists (Ficus
religiosa), which is planted close to every temple,
and attracts almost as much veneration as the status of
the god himself. . . . It differs from the banyan
(Ficus Indica) by sending down no roots from its
branches. --Tennent.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bo tree
n 1: fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks
the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by
Buddhists [syn: pipal, pipal tree, pipul, peepul,
sacred fig, bo tree, Ficus religiosa]