bo tree
/ˈbəʊ tɹiː/
bo tree noun: the peepul tree, Ficus religiosa, regarded as sacred by Hindus and Buddhists.
Noun
bo tree (plural bo trees)
- The peepul tree, Ficus religiosa, regarded as sacred by Hindus and Buddhists.
- In 1806, the king of Ava gave careful orders for the planting of saplings of the Bo tree [ficus religiosa] brought by monks from Sri Lanka.2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 221
- Synonyms:
- Ficus religiosa, pipal, sacred fig
bo tree meaning in Tamil and Bengali
bo tree in Bengali
- bo tree
- শ্রীবৃক্ষ śrībrikkhô
Synonyms of bo tree
- Ficus religiosa
- pipal
- sacred fig
Forms of bo tree
| plural | bo trees |
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Origin of bo tree
From Sinhalese බෝ (bō) + tree. The first component is from Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi, “perfect knowledge; tree of wisdom”), and thus a doublet of bid in the "offer price" sense.
Questions about bo tree
- What does bo tree mean?
- Bo tree means the peepul tree, Ficus religiosa, regarded as sacred by Hindus and Buddhists.
- What is bo tree in Tamil?
- Bo tree in Tamil is அர. See Bo tree meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bo tree?
- Bo tree is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bo tree?
- Bo tree is pronounced /ˈbəʊ tɹiː/.
- What is the plural of bo tree?
- The plural of bo tree is bo trees.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bo tree (page history and authors); bo tree (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); শ্রীবৃক্ষ (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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