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单词 bodhi tree
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bodhi treen.

Brit. /ˈbəʊdɪ triː/, U.S. /ˈboʊdi ˌtri/
Origin: A borrowing from Pali, combined with an English element; modelled on a Pali lexical item. Etymons: Pali bodhi , tree n.
Etymology: < Pali bodhi (in Buddhism) enlightenment (see Bodhisattva n.) + tree n., after Pali bodhirukkha ( < bodhi + rukkha tree), so called because the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment while sitting under such a tree. Compare slightly earlier bo tree n.
The peepul tree, Ficus religiosa; = bo tree n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Asian trees or shrubs > [noun] > banyan tree
Indian fig1382
Indian fig tree1594
banian-tree1638
war1687
peepul tree1783
burr1813
Brahminy fig tree1814
bo tree1820
bodhi tree1838
pagoda tree1876
waringin1889
1838 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 7 811 He [sc. the Bódhisatto] repaired to the foot of the Bodhi tree by the path that had been decorated for him.
1871 H. Alabaster Wheel of Law 20 (note) This Bo or Bodhi tree is the tree under..which Buddha attained to omniscience.
1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan ix. 126 In this Paradise is the Celestial Ganges and the great Bodhi-tree, ‘a hundred yoganas in height’.
1972 J. Campbell Myths to live By (1988) vii. 134 He had arrived at last at the Bodhi-tree, the tree (so-called) of enlightenment at the midpoint of the universe.
2011 R. Fortey Survivors vi. 168 The climate is too cold hereabouts to allow growth of the original bodhi tree, which is the spreading evergreen fig.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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