Noun banian has 2 senses
  1. banyan, banyan tree, banian, banian tree, Indian banyan, East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis - East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
    --1 is a kind of fig tree
  2. banyan, banian - a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India
    --2 is a kind of jacket
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