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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Pandanus

/păn-dān'-əs/ · Pan·da·nus · IPA /pænˈdeɪnəs/
01 prop. n. A genus of endogenous plants, native to tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia. See Screw pine.
  1. 1.
    A genus of endogenous plants, native to tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia. See Screw pine.(Bot.)
  2. 2.
    Fiber from leaves of the pandanus tree; used for woven articles (such as mats).
  3. 3.
    Any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and pineapplelike leaves and edible conelike fruits; also called the screw pine. Also: screw pine