The Collaborative International Dictionary
pipal tree
Peepul tree \Pee"pul tree`\ [Hind. p[=i]pal, Skr. pippala.] (Bot.) A sacred tree ( Ficus religiosa) of the Buddhists, a kind of fig tree which attains great size and venerable age. See Bo tree. [Written also pippul tree, and pipal tree.]
WordNet
pipal tree
n. fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists [syn: pipal, pipul, peepul, sacred fig, bo tree, Ficus religiosa]
Usage examples of "pipal tree".
This was where the Bodhi Tree had stood, they were told, the old assattha tree, pipal tree, under which the Buddha had received enlightenment so many centuries before.
There was a compound adjoining, filled with rank reed and a solitary pipal tree.