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bo tree or pipal , fig tree ( Ficus religiosa ) of India held sacred by the Buddhists, who believe that Gautama received enlightenment under a bo tree at Bodh Gaya. A slip of this tree was planted at Anuradhapura to become one of the oldest known trees. The bo tree attains great size and age; the leaves, which hang from long, flexible petioles, rustle in the slightest breeze. Pipal is also spelled peepul or pipul. The bo tree is classified in the division Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida, order Urticales, family Moraceae.

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bo tree / bō/ • n. a fig tree (Ficus religiosa) native to India and Southeast Asia, regarded as sacred by Buddhists.

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Bo tree (Bodhi tree) In Buddhism, the pipal under which the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) found enlightenment (bodhi) at Bodh Gaya, near Varanasi, n India. A pipal at Anuradhapura, n Sri Lanka, is said to have grown from a cutting taken from original Bo tree by King Ashoka in the 3rd century BC. Family Moraceae; species Ficus religiosa.

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