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Definition of Ficus Indica

Ficus Indica
Banyan Ban"yan, n. [See Banian.] (Bot.) A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men.
Ficus Indica
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. 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.
Ficus Indica
Ficus Fi"cus, n. [L., a fig.] A genus of trees or shrubs, one species of which (F. Carica) produces the figs of commerce; the fig tree. Note: Ficus Indica is the banyan tree; F. religiosa, the peepul tree; F. elastica, the India-rubber tree.

Meaning of Ficus Indica from wikipedia

- Opuntia ficus-indica, the Indian fig opuntia, fig opuntia, or prickly pear, is a species of cactus that has long been a domesticated crop plant grown in...
- Ficus benghalensis, or Ficus indica commonly known as the banyan, banyan fig and Indian banyan, is a tree native to the Indian Subcontinent. Specimens...
- most common culinary species is the Indian fig opuntia (O. ficus-indica). O. ficus-indica is a large, trunk-forming, segmented cactus that may grow to...
- and became the aśvattha tree (Ficus religiosa); from his flesh his force flowed, and became the udumbara tree (Ficus glomerata); from his bones his sweet...
- Australia continues however, leading to all opuntioid cacti except O. ficus-indica being declared Weeds of National Significance by the Australian Weeds...
- fodder for animals. Farmed nopales are most often of the species Opuntia ficus-indica or Opuntia matudae although the pads of almost all Opuntia species are...
- in Saint Helena from the fruit of the prickly or cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica). Tungi is the local Saint Helenian name for the prickly or cactus pear...
- tortilla. The word is a portmanteau of nopal, Spanish for the Opuntia ficus-indica cactus, and tortilla. Lavash Arepa Chapati Indigenous peoples of the...
- achakana genus Opuntia, the prickly pears Opuntia engelmannii Opuntia ficus-indica Opuntia matudae Opuntia fragilis Opuntia basilaris genus Pachycereus...
- mosque Sidi Ifni beach Argan The fruits of Opuntia ficus-indica The fruits of Opuntia ficus-indica Beach in the sunset Attilio, Gaudio (1990). Guerres...