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PANDANUS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

pandanus; screw pine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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))

Sense 2

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)

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