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▪ I. ‖ pandan1 E. Ind.|ˈpɑːndɑːn|
[Urdū pāndān, f. Hindī pān pan n.5 + Pers. dān vessel, holder.]
A small box of Indian manufacture, generally of decorated metal, used for holding pán (pan n.5).
1886Catal. Colon. & Ind. Exhib. 51 The articles shown include hookahs, pandans or betel-nut boxes.
▪ II. pandan2|ˈpændən|
Also pandang.
[Malay.]
= pandanus.
1777G. Forster Voy. round World I. 270 The pandang or palm-nut tree had given its long prickly leaves to thatch the roofs of the buildings. 1783W. Marsden Hist. Sumatra 87 Of the pandan, which is a shrub with very long prickly leaves, like those of the pine apple or aloe, there are many varieties. 1935I. H. Burkill Dict. Econ. Products Malay Peninsula II. 1646 The compound pine-apple-like fruit of a Pandan is composed of the fused fruits of the individual flowers. 1954R. E. Holttum Plant Life Malaya ii. 23 Pandans have much in common with palms. 1959‘M. Derby’ Tigress iii. 125 A clump of pandan..edged the near end of the pool. 1972M. Sheppard Taman Indera 158 Pandan leaves are used to make mats of finer quality, for sitting, praying or sleeping on. |