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Pandanus   Listen
proper noun
Pandanus  n.  (Bot.)
1.
A genus of endogenous plants, native to tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia. See Screw pine.
2.
Fiber from leaves of the pandanus tree; used for woven articles (such as mats).
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.





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"Pandanus" Quotes from Famous Books



... south-east side of Aken's Island, there was thrown up a confused mass of different substances; including a quantity of pumice stone, several kinds of coral, five or six species of shells, skeletons of fish and sea snakes, the fruit of the pandanus, and a piece of cocoa-nut shell without bernacles or any thing to indicate that it had been long in the water; but there were no marks of shipwreck. A seine was hauled upon the small beaches at the south end of the island, and brought on shore a good ...
— A Voyage to Terra Australis Volume 2 • Matthew Flinders


Words linked to "Pandanus" :   screw pine, natural fibre, Pandanus tectorius, tree, natural fiber, lauhala


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