Pandanus Definition

păn-dānəs, -dănəs
noun

Screw pine.

Webster's New World
Any of numerous tropical trees and shrubs of the genus Pandanus native to Africa, Asia, and islands of the Pacific Ocean, having thick prop roots, edible fruit in some species, and a crown of narrow spiny leaves used as a fiber for weaving mats and similar articles and as a seasoning in cooking.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Pandanaceae "” palm-like, dioecious trees and shrubs native to the Old World tropics and subtropics.

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Other Word Forms of Pandanus

Noun

Singular:
pandanus
Plural:
pandanuses

Origin of Pandanus

  • New Latin Pandanus genus name from Malay pandan screw pine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • New Latin, from Malay pandan + -us

    From Wiktionary

  • From Malay pandan

    From Wiktionary

Pandanus Sentence Examples

  • Plantains, tree-ferns, bamboos, several Calami, and other palms, and Pandanus, are abundant at the lower levels.

  • The coast region is characterized by mangroves, Pandanus, rattans, and similar palms with long flexible stems, and the middle region by the great rice-fields, the coco-nut and areca palms, and the usual tropical plants of culture.

  • The chief groups, all yielding coco-nuts, pandanus fruit and yams, are Funafuti or Ellice, Nukulailai or Mitchell, Nurakita or Sophia, Nukufetau or De Peyster, Nui or Egg, Nanomana or Hudson, and Niutao or Lynx.

  • Bamboos and palms, with Pandanus and Dracaena, are also abundant.

  • The higher mountains rise abruptly from the plains; on their slopes, clothed below almost exclusively with the more tropical forms, a vegetation of a warm temperate character, chiefly evergreen, soon begins to prevail, comprising Magnoliaceae, Ternstroemiaceae, subtropical Rosaceae, rhododendron, oak, Ilex, Symplocos, Lauraceae, Pinus longifolia, with mountain forms of truly tropical orders, palms, Pandanus, Musa, Vitis, Vernonia, and many others.

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