pandanus
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of pandanus
1770–80; < New Latin, based on Malay pandan name for such plants
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Giant palm trunks were to be flying buttresses for multiple roofs, which were to be sheathed in pandanus leaves.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
In the future, you could be breakfasting on false banana or snacking on pandanus tree fruit.
From BBC ● May 21, 2022
But in 2014, two strong typhoons washed away the beach and uprooted the pandanus trees that protected the village.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
When not at Maningrida, he likes to spend time at Milmilngkan, a remote outstation on a creek with nearby waterholes and a spring that bubbles up amid a pandanus grove.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2018
Between helpings the women sat back, waving fans made out of silk, paper, sandalwood, and pandanus fronds.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
Two pandanuses frame the view, their long leaves waving softly in the breeze that comes floating down the valley.
From Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Speiser, Felix
The soil for pandanuses should contain a generous amount of sand.
From Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse by Rockwell, F. F. (Frederick Frye)
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