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pipal
[ pahy-puhl, pee- ]
noun
- a fig tree, Ficus religiosa, of India, somewhat resembling the banyan.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pipal1
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Example Sentences
He spent the hours between sunrise and the sunset in an old pipal-tree before the tower, hanging with his head downwards.
No trees, perhaps, are held in greater veneration in India, than the Ficus Religiosa or pipal tree.
The place of carousal is a bare spot near a large and ancient well out of which grows a vast pipal tree.
At intervals on the road pipal trees afforded shelter to travellers by the wayside.
Heavy cracks in the roof let in shafts of the fading daylight, and roots of weeds and pipal trees had penetrated and hung below.
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