Ficus Indica

Ficus Indica
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]


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  • Ficus indĭca — Ficus indĭca, 1) s. Ficus; 2) Art von Opuntia, einer Cacteengattung; 3) so v.w. Pisang od. Paradiesfeige (Musa paradisiaca) …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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  • Ficus Indica — Banyan Ban yan (b[a^]n yan or b[a^]n*y[a^]n ), 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Opuntia ficus-indica — Figuier de Barbarie Figuier de Barbarie …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Opuntia ficus-indica — Illustration by Eaton in The Cactaceae Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • Opuntia ficus-indica —   Nopal, tuna …   Wikipedia Español

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