pandanus noun. [pan'deɪnǝs, -'dan-] M19.
[mod. Latin (see below) from Malay PANDAN.]
1. Botany. Any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Pandanus (family Pandanaceae), of Malaysia, tropical Africa, and Australia, that have twisted stems and aerial roots, long narrow usu. spiny leaves in tufts at the top, and large, sometimes edible, conelike fruits. Also called screw pine. M19.

2. The fibre produced from pandanus leaves; the material woven from this fibre. L19.

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