1. East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
   "The ancient banian covered an entire acre with its multiple trunks";
   - banyan, banyan tree, banian tree, Indian banyan, East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis
    
2. A loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India
   "He donned a comfortable banian for his evening reading";
   - banyan

Derived forms: banians

Type of: fig tree, jacket

Encyclopedia: Banian, Iran