pandanus

English

Etymology

From Malay pandan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪnəs

Noun

pandanus (plural pandanuses)

1. The screw pine, Pandanus utilis.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 53

     A girl of fifteen, perhaps, was plaiting pandanus-leaf to make a hat, and an old woman was sitting on her haunches smoking a pipe.