PANDANUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pandanus mean? 

• PANDANUS (noun)
  The noun PANDANUS has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: PANDANUS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PANDANUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fiber from leaves of the pandanus tree; used for woven articles (such as mats)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pandanus" is a kind of...):

natural fiber; natural fibre (fiber derived from plants or animals)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

pandanus; screw pine

Hypernyms ("pandanus" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pandanus"):

lauhala; Pandanus tectorius; textile screw pine (Polynesian screw pine)

Holonyms ("pandanus" is a member of...):

genus Pandanus (type genus of the Pandanaceae (as screw pines))