bo tree

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bo tree
    n 1: fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks
         the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by
         Buddhists [syn: {pipal}, {pipal tree}, {pipul}, {peepul},
         {sacred fig}, {bo tree}, {Ficus religiosa}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bo tree \Bo" tree`\ (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.
   [1913 Webster]

         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.
   [1913 Webster]