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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 banian
 寬鬆的襯衫

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ban·ian n.
 1. A Hindu trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.  [Written also banyan.]
 2. A man's loose gown, like that worn by the Banians.
 3. Bot. The Indian fig. See Banyan.
 Banian days Naut., days in which the sailors have no flesh meat served out to them.  This use seems to be borrowed from the Banians or Banya race, who eat no flesh.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 banian
      n 1: East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down
           into the soil forming additional trunks [syn: banyan,
           banyan tree, banian tree, Indian banyan, East
           Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis]
      2: a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India [syn: banyan]