Found 2 items, similar to Bo tree.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bo tree
bo tree
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,
Ficus religiosa]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bo tree
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]