noun
1. fiber from leaves of the pandanus tree; used for woven articles (such as mats)
• Hypernyms: ↑natural fiber, ↑natural fibre
2. any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves
• Syn: ↑screw pine
• Hypernyms: ↑tree
• Hyponyms: ↑textile screw pine, ↑lauhala, ↑Pandanus tectorius
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Pandanus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.