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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun banian has 2 senses

banian(n = noun.plant) banian tree, banyan, banyan tree, east indian fig tree, ficus bengalensis, indian banyan - East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks; Array

is a kind of fig tree

banian(n = noun.artifact) banyan - a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India; Array

is a kind of jacket

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CIDE DICTIONARY

banian, n. [Skr. banij merchant. The tree was so named by the English, because used as a market place by the merchants.].

A Hindu trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer. [1913 Webster]
A man's loose gown, like that worn by the Banians. [1913 Webster]
The Indian fig. See Banyan. [1913 Webster]

Banian days (Naut.), days in which the sailors have no flesh meat served out to them. This use seems to be borrowed from the Banians or Banya race, who eat no flesh.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

banian, var. of BANYAN.

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