[Hind. bar:—Skr. vaṭa.] The Banyan-tree (Ficus indica); also attrib.

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1813.  J. Forbes, Orient. Mem., III. 14. A sacred Burr, or pipal tree.

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1849.  Southey, Comm.-pl. Bk., Ser. II. 407. A remarkable banian or burr tree.

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1845.  Stocqueler, Handbk. Brit. India (1854), 141. The bur, the largest of trees.

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