Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Pandanus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pandanaceae – palm-like, dioecious trees and shrubs native to the Old World tropics and subtropics.

English

Fruit of Pandanus utilis

Alternative forms

• pandan

Noun

pandanus ‎(plural pandanuses)

1. The **** 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.

Synonyms

• **** palm

Derived terms

• pandanus language

French

Noun

pandanus m ‎(uncountable)

1. pandanus