pandanus
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /pænˈdeɪnəs/
Noun

pandanus (plural pandanuses)

  1. Any of various palm-like plants in the genus Pandanus.
    • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 53
      A girl of fifteen, perhaps, was plaiting pandanus-leaf to make a hat, and an old woman was sitting on her haunches smoking a pipe.
Synonyms Translations
  • French: pandanus
  • German: Schraubenbaum, Schraubenpalme



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