Definition of Pipul

1. Noun. Fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists.

Exact synonyms: Bo Tree, Ficus Religiosa, Peepul, Pipal, Pipal Tree, Sacred Fig
Generic synonyms: Fig Tree

Definition of Pipul

1. pipal [n -S] - See also: pipal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pipul

pippul
pippul tree
pippy
pipra
pipradol
pipradrol hydrochloride
pipras
piprine
piprinhydrinate
pips
pipsissewa
pipsissewas
pipsqueak
pipsqueaks
pipsyl
pipul (current term)
pipuls
pipy
piquance
piquances
piquancies
piquancy
piquant
piquantly
piquantness
piquantnesses
pique
piqued
piqueer
piqueered

Literary usage of Pipul

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Land of Idols: Or, Talks with Young People about India by John J. Pool (1894)
"Bishop Heber had another adventure in connection with pipul trees. It appears that these trees are held in such veneration that they are never injured, ..."

2. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"... pipul, . TEL. This plant is extensively cultivated, but it grows wild on the banks of streams in the С ¡rear mountains, S. Konkan, Bengal, Sylhet, ..."

3. Chow-chow: Being Selections from a Journal Kept in India, Egypt, and Syria by Amelia Fitz Clarence Cary Falkland (1857)
"Here and there the foliage of palms, and other trees, particularly that of the pipul, mingles with the houses. From the branches of the last-named tree hang ..."

4. A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Compiled edited by Royal Geographical Society Great Britain (1856)
"pipul, a village of the Punjab, 60 m. NE of Dera-Ismail-Khan, about 5 m. E of the Indus. PIPRIAC, a town of France, in the dep. of the Ille-et-Vilaine, ..."

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