pipal

[ pahy-puh l, pee- ]

/ ˈpaɪ pəl, ˈpi- /

noun

a fig tree, Ficus religiosa, of India, somewhat resembling the banyan.

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Also peepul.

Origin of pipal

1780–90; < Hindi pīpal < Sanskrit pippala

Words nearby pipal

pip, pip emma, pip-emma, pipa, pipage, pipal, pipe, pipe batten, pipe bomb, pipe clay, pipe cleaner

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Example sentences from the Web for pipal

This was a nest in course of construction, which the vulture was lining with pipal branches.
Glimpses of Indian Birds|Douglas Dewar
No trees, perhaps, are held in greater veneration in India, than the Ficus Religiosa or pipal tree.
Cultus Arborum|Anonymous
He was sitting under a pipal tree in a little village named Buddh-gaya, southeast of Benares, when light dawned upon his soul.
A Yankee in the Far East|George Hoyt Allen
Something like it is the peepul, or pipal, though its branches do not take root in the ground like the other.
Across India|Oliver Optic

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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