Definitions

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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Pandanaceae — palm-like, dioecious trees and shrubs native to the Old World tropics and subtropics.

Etymologies

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New Latin, from Malay pandan + -us

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Examples

  • The principal plants pointing out the tropical nature of the vegetation are Pandanus, which is almost limited to the limestone formation, on which it is excessively abundant, Chamaerops Martiana? which from its affecting particularly the walls of the amphitheatres so conspicuous about Moosmai, Mamloo and Surureem, and the depths of whose sides is probably at Mamloo 1,000 feet, might have been better named.

    Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

  • When the night is cold, windy, or rainy, he usually covers his body with a heap of 'Pandanus', 'Nipa', or Fern leaves, like those of which his bed is made, and he is especially careful to wrap up his head in them.

    Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • Some were packed many inches thick with 'Pandanus' leaves; others were remarkable only for the cracked twigs, which, united in a common centre, formed a regular platform.

    Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • Some were packed many inches thick with 'Pandanus' leaves; others were remarkable only for the cracked twigs, which, united in a common centre, formed a regular platform.

    Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • When the night is cold, windy, or rainy, he usually covers his body with a heap of 'Pandanus', 'Nipa', or Fern leaves, like those of which his bed is made, and he is especially careful to wrap up his head in them.

    Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • "Pandanus" and "Did She Overtake You?" are lively juggernauts that delightfully reprise the rhythmic tensions of Spring Hill Fair.

    Tonevendor Update Tonevendor Update List Owner 2008

  • Pandanus grows there, but they can't grow sweet potatoes nor taro.

    A GOBOTO NIGHT 2010

  • Patrick Blanc MIX DIFFERENT PLANTS TOGETHER | Patrick Blanc will bring home treasures he finds on his travels and plant them to see what happens next: A seed from elephant dung found in Thailand became a Pandanus, which came to dominate a Philodendron.

    The Green Man Whose Gardens Defy Gravity Julia Flynn Siler 2011

  • Consequently, the degrade soil now supports exotic species such as 'coco plum' Chrysobalanus icaco, lemon grass Cymbopogon citratus and calice du pape Tabebuia pallida, along with the endemic Dillenia ferruginea (R), Paragenipa lancifolia, Memecyclon elaeagni, Syzygium wrightii, Pandanus multispicatus and Deckenia nobilis, as well as Intsia bijuga and Canthium bibracteatum.

    Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve, Seychelles 2008

  • Palm forest is intermixed with broadleaved endemic species such as Northea hornei, Pandanus hornei, Drypetes riseleyi and Dillenia ferruginea.

    Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve, Seychelles 2008

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