Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Bo-tree

A corruption of bodhi or bodhiruma (the tree of wisdom), under which Sakyamuni used to sit when he concocted the system called Buddhism.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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