pandanus
- noun
- /ˈpændənəs/
- Specialized
:
fibra de pandanus
- Now we could glimpse the beaches where we'd stopped to swim, snorkel, and eat a lunch of rice and fish off of giant pandanus leaves.
- pandanus leaves
Examples
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The axe and the stone were sleeping together in a house that had a roof made of pandanus nut leaves.
Academic text (1995) -
With a wave of her hand behind her, she sends them out of the room before she resumes her work of weaving hats and mats from long pandanus leaves, untangling the fibers with a special comb.
Fiction book (1995) -
A colorful mat, woven from dyed pandanus fibers, carpeted the floor.
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Other guests contentedly reclined in white lounges under pandanus-leaf umbrellas.
Synonyms
Dried plant leaves prepared for weaving into mats and baskets
Leaves from a pandanus tree used for weaving mats and hats
A strong natural fiber from the plant's thick leaves used to make rope and mats
A fine white fiber from unopened palm leaves in the Philippines used to make hats
Compounds
- Specialized
A group of tropical plants called screw pines that includes many species
- Specialized
A tree by the sea with long leaves and fruit people eat and use for weaving
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pandanus also names the strong fiber made from the tree's long leaves, used to weave mats, baskets and hats, so calling the fiber pandanus simply tells you it comes from the same plant.
