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pandanus definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: fiber from leaves of the pandanus tree; used for woven articles (such as mats)
2: any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves [syn: pandanus, screw pine]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural pandani) Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Malay pandan screw pine Date: 1830 screw pine; also a fiber made from screw-pine leaves and used for woven products (as mats)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pandanus Pan*da"nus, n. [NL., fr. Malay pandan.] (Bot.) A genus of endogenous plants. See Screw pine.