fig-tree
121Peepul tree — Pee pul tree [Hind. p[=i]pal, Skr. pippala.] (Bot.) A sacred tree ({Ficus religiosa}) of the Buddhists, a kind of fig tree which attains great size and venerable age. See {Bo tree}. [Written also {pippul tree}, and {pipal tree}.] [1913 Webster] …
122pipal tree — Peepul tree Pee pul tree [Hind. p[=i]pal, Skr. pippala.] (Bot.) A sacred tree ({Ficus religiosa}) of the Buddhists, a kind of fig tree which attains great size and venerable age. See {Bo tree}. [Written also {pippul tree}, and {pipal tree}.]… …
123pippul tree — Peepul tree Pee pul tree [Hind. p[=i]pal, Skr. pippala.] (Bot.) A sacred tree ({Ficus religiosa}) of the Buddhists, a kind of fig tree which attains great size and venerable age. See {Bo tree}. [Written also {pippul tree}, and {pipal tree}.]… …
124bo tree — /boh/ the pipal, or sacred fig tree, Ficus religiosa, of India, under which the founder of Buddhism is reputed to have attained the Enlightenment that constituted him the Buddha. Also called bodhi tree. [1860 65; partial trans. of Sinhalese… …
125bodhi tree — or bo tree In Buddhism, the fig tree under which the Buddha sat when he attained enlightenment (bodhi) at Bodh Gaya (near Gaya, India). The tree growing on the site now is believed to be a descendant of the original, planted from a cutting of a… …
126bo tree — [bəʊ] (also bodh tree) noun a fig tree native to India and SE Asia, regarded as sacred by Buddhists. [Ficus religiosa.] Origin C19: representing Sinhalese bōgaha tree of knowledge (Buddha s enlightenment having occurred beneath such a tree), from …
127Bodhi tree — /ˈboʊdi tri/ (say bohdee tree) noun the pipal or sacred fig tree, Ficus religiosa, under which Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) is said to have sat in meditation for forty nine days before achieving enlightenment, the original tree being destroyed …
128bo tree — [bō] n. [Sinhalese bo < Pali bodhi < bodhi taru < bodhi, wisdom, enlightenment < Sans budh (see BUDDHA2) + taru, tree] the sacred fig tree (PEEPUL) of Buddhism: Gautama is believed to have received heavenly inspiration under such a… …
