pandanus

See also: Pandanus

English

Fruit of

Alternative forms

• pandan

Etymology

From New Latin pandanus, from Malay pandan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pænˈdeɪnəs/
• Rhymes: -eɪnəs

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

• pandan, screw palm

Translations

Translations

• French: pandanus (fr)
• German: Schraubenbaum m, Schraubenpalme f
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• Latin: pandanus
• Malay: pandan (ms)
• Tagalog: pandan

Derived terms

• pandanus language

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French

Noun

pandanus m (uncountable)

1. a pandan
2. the pandans collectively

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Latin

Etymology

From Malay pandan + -us

Noun

pandanus

1. (New Latin) a pandan
2. (New Latin) the pandans collectively

Descendants

• English: pandanus
• French: pandanus
• Translingual: Pandanus