Banyan: alternatives and connections

Resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic; having crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree.

A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering.

An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves and seed capsules of wild hemp (Cannabis Indica), and chewed or smoked in t…

A genus of trees, called also the silkcotton tree; also, a tree of the genus Bombax.

That which shoots forth branches; one who shows growth in various directions.

Furnished with branches; shooting our branches; extending in a branch or branches.

Destitute of branches or shoots; without any valuable product; barren; naked.

Full of branches; having wide-spreading branches; consisting of branches.

To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer.

A genus of tropical plants, with large leaves and often with showy flowers. The Indian shot (C. Indica) is found in gardens of the nor…

A poisonous resin extracted from hemp (Cannabis sativa, variety Indica). The narcotic effects of hasheesh are due to this resin.

A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North Amer…

The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is…

A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty…

The Egyptian sycamore (Ficus Sycamorus). See Sycamore.

To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to au…

A small fruit tree (Ficus Carica) with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria westward to…

To send forward; to send toward the place of destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter.