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noun
- Fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists.
- synonyms: pipal, pipal tree, pipul, peepul, sacred fig, Ficus religiosa
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
The peepul tree; especially, 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.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary