[pan-dey-nuh
s, -dan-uhs] 
| any plant of the genus Pandanus, having sword-shaped leaves arranged in a spiral, comprising the screw pines. |
| pan·da·nus (pān-dā'nəs, -dān'əs) n. Any of numerous palmlike dioecious trees and shrubs of the genus Pandanus of the Old World tropics, having large prop roots and a crown of narrow spiny leaves that yield a fiber used in weaving mats and similar articles. Also called screw pine. [New Latin Pandanus, genus name, from Malay pandan, screw pine.] pan'da·na'ceous (pān'də-nā'shəs) adj. |