peepul \pee"pul\ (p[=e]"p[u^]l), Peepul tree \Pee"pul tree`\(p[=e]"p[u^]l tr[=e]`). [Hind. p[imac]pal, Skr. pippala.] (Bot.) A sacred tree ({Ficus religiosa}) of the Buddhists, a kind of fig tree which attains great size and venerable age; it lacks the prop roots of the {banyan}. See {Bo tree}. [Written also {pippul tree}, and {pipal tree}.] Syn: pipal, peepul, peepul tree, pipal tree, pipul, sacred fig, bo tree, {Ficus religiosa}. [1913 Webster]
Pippul tree \Pip"pul tree`\ Same as {Peepul tree}. [1913 Webster]