Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pandanus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pandanus \Pan*da"nus\, n. [NL., fr. Malay pandan.] (Bot.)
A genus of endogenous plants. See {Screw pine}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pandanus
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: {screw pine}]
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