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UK
/pˈændænəs/
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[ US /pænˈdeɪnəs/ ]
[ US /pænˈdeɪnəs/ ]
NOUN
- any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves
- fiber from leaves of the pandanus tree; used for woven articles (such as mats)
How To Use pandanus In A Sentence
- At some distance from Hilo there is a glorious burst of tropical forest, and then the track passes into green grass dotted over with clumps of the pandanus and the beautiful eugenia. The Hawaiian Archipelago
- Abutilons; agapanthus; alstremeria; amaryllis; anemone; aralia; araucaria; auricula; azaleas; begonias; cactus; caladium; calceolaria; calla; camellias; cannas; carnations; century plants; chrysanthemums; cineraria; clematis; coleus; crocus; croton; cyclamen; dahlia; ferns; freesia; fuchsia; geranium; gladiolus; gloxinia; grevillea; hollyhocks; hyacinths; iris; lily; lily-of-the-valley; mignonette; moon-flowers; narcissus; oleander; oxalis; palms; pandanus; pansy; pelargonium; peony; phlox; primulas; rhododendrons; rose; smilax; stocks; sweet pea; swainsona; tuberose; tulips; violet; wax plant. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)
- Aspidistra, araucaria, Pandanus and the rubber plant are exceptions; two of them being remarkable for their hardihood under neglect and ignorance. Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse
- A few houses of local materials, with pandanus thatch sides and thatched roofs, still exist.
- It has already been mentioned elsewhere, that the only kind of mammalia found upon this island is a middling-sized cat, which feeds on the fruit of the pandanus tree, and makes its nest in the dead branches, which it easily hollows out. A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2
- Each man also possesses a "cadjan," or sleeping-mat, made of the broad leaves of a pandanus neatly sewn together in three layers. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2
- The entries reveal the use of a rich variety of media and materials including photomontage, ceramics, recycled wire, dugong bone, bronze, feathers, pandanus fibre, and works on paper, bark and canvas.
- The specimens received under this name, were branches of a species of Pandanus, which, for want of the parts of fructification, could not be ascertained. The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805
- He seized it with his left hand, with a quick pull and twist wrenched it off, and grinningly tossed it, as a joke, into the pandanus basket which still his wife with one hand held before him while with the other she clutched her forehead bleeding from a flying fragment of pistol. CHAPTER XI
- Western-style cakes and breads are often flavored with the aromatic pandanus leaves of the region. MOON PASSAGE