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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 leavesplay

    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)play

    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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