Found 2 items, similar to Ficus religiosa.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Ficus religiosa Ficus religiosa n : 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ficus religiosa 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.] [1913 Webster] 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]