banyan
An Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.
Other meanings
A tropical Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, that has many aerial roots.
Various other trees of the Ficus subgenus Urostigma, especially Ficus pertusa (Central American banyan) and Ficus microcarpa (Chinese banyan or Malayan banyan).
A kind of
- fig tree
Related words
- banyan day
- banyan fight
Word history
From Sanskrit "वाणिज".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “banyan” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.