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

Derived forms: banyans

Type of: fig tree, jacket

Encyclopedia: Banyan, Victoria