pipal

He spent the hours between sunrise and the sunset in an old pipal-tree before the tower, hanging with his head downwards.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan|Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky
No trees, perhaps, are held in greater veneration in India, than the Ficus Religiosa or pipal tree.
Cultus Arborum|Anonymous
The place of carousal is a bare spot near a large and ancient well out of which grows a vast pipal tree.
Beast and Man in India|John Lockwood Kipling
At intervals on the road pipal trees afforded shelter to travellers by the wayside.
Banked Fires|E. W. (Ethel Winifred) Savi

Heavy cracks in the roof let in shafts of the fading daylight, and roots of weeds and pipal trees had penetrated and hung below.
Banked Fires|E. W. (Ethel Winifred) Savi

British Dictionary definitions for pipal

pipal

/ (ˈpaɪpəl) /

noun

a variant of peepul

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