Definition of Bo tree
Bo´ tree`
1.
(Bot.)
The
peepul
tree
;
esp
.,
the
very
ancient
tree
standing
at
Anurajahpoora
in
Ceylon
,
grown
from
a
slip
of
the
tree
under
which
Gautama
is
said
to
have
received
the
heavenly
light
and
so
to
have
become
Buddha
.
The
sacred
bo
tree
of
the
Buddhists
(
Ficus
religiosa
),
which
is
planted
close
to
every
temple
,
and
attracts
almost
as
much
veneration
as
the
status
of
the
god
himself
. . . .
It
differs
from
the
banyan
(
Ficus
Indica
)
by
sending
down
no
roots
from
its
branches
.
- Tennent.
Related Words
Ficus
religiosa
,
fig
tree
,
peepul
,
pipal
,
pipal
tree
,
pipul
,
sacred
fig
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