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pandanus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pandanus has 2 senses
- pandanus(n = noun.plant) Array - fiber from leaves of the pandanus tree; used for woven articles (such as mats); Array is a kind of natural fiber, natural fibre
- pandanus(n = noun.plant) screw pine - any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves; Array is a member of genus pandanus
has particulars: lauhala, pandanus tectorius, textile screw pine
is a kind of tree
CIDE DICTIONARY
pandanus, prop. n. [NL., fr. Malay pandan.].
- A genus of endogenous plants, native to tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia. See
Screw pine . [1913 Webster] - Fiber from leaves of the pandanus tree; used for woven articles (such as mats). [WordNet 1.5]
- Any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and pineapplelike leaves and edible conelike fruits; also called the
screw pine . [WordNet 1.5]
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