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Definition of pandanus in English: pandanus(also pandan) noun panˈdeɪnəspanˈdanəspanˈdānəs 1A tropical tree or shrub with a twisted and branched stem, stilt roots, spiral tufts of long, narrow spiny leaves, and fibrous edible fruit. Genus Pandanus, family Pandanaceae Also called screw pine Example sentencesExamples - In addition to twigs, the crows manufacture tools from long and barbed leaves of the pandanus tree.
- Photographers made use of the pandanus to lend striking silhouettes to black and white photographs of Reef twilight.
- An even smaller tropical island than Sipadan, Lankayan is covered with lush vegetation, including casuarina trees and the ubiquitous pandan screw pines.
- This rampart is now colonized by coconut palms, pandanus, and breadfruit trees, and I like to sit here in the late after-noons and watch the sea rolling ashore.
- We set off in a crocodile through the pandanus palms and bankshia trees.
- 1.1mass noun Fibre from the leaves of the pandanus, often woven into a material for roofing, mats, etc.
Example sentencesExamples - Put palm sugar, pandan (tied in a knot) and water in a saucepan.
- We sat on pandanus mats on the lino floor and talked about Britain and Samoa.
- Just looking at it made me happy, from the glossy little banana chips and minimalist knot of pandan leaf on top, from the chaste green sweep of banana-leaf wrapping, to the shiny gold circle on which the pastry sits.
- The woman was preparing pandanus and plaiting it.
- The entries reveal the use of a rich variety of media and materials including photomontage, ceramics, recycled wire, dugong bone, bronze, feathers, pandanus fibre, and works on paper, bark and canvas.
- A few houses of local materials, with pandanus thatch sides and thatched roofs, still exist.
- The whole village built of pandanus and grass looked as if it were about to founder in the sea of mud.
- After cooking in syrup, the cakes are soaked in a mixture called rabri - cream plus thickened fresh milk, flavoured with pandanus.
Origin Modern Latin, from Malay pandan. Definition of pandanus in US English: pandanus(also pandan) nounpanˈdānəs 1A tropical tree or shrub that has a twisted and branched stem, stilt roots, spiral tufts of long, narrow, typically spiny leaves, and fibrous edible fruit. Genus Pandanus, family Pandanaceae Also called screw pine Example sentencesExamples - We set off in a crocodile through the pandanus palms and bankshia trees.
- In addition to twigs, the crows manufacture tools from long and barbed leaves of the pandanus tree.
- Photographers made use of the pandanus to lend striking silhouettes to black and white photographs of Reef twilight.
- This rampart is now colonized by coconut palms, pandanus, and breadfruit trees, and I like to sit here in the late after-noons and watch the sea rolling ashore.
- An even smaller tropical island than Sipadan, Lankayan is covered with lush vegetation, including casuarina trees and the ubiquitous pandan screw pines.
- 1.1 Fiber from the leaves of the pandanus, or material woven from this fiber.
Example sentencesExamples - Put palm sugar, pandan (tied in a knot) and water in a saucepan.
- We sat on pandanus mats on the lino floor and talked about Britain and Samoa.
- The entries reveal the use of a rich variety of media and materials including photomontage, ceramics, recycled wire, dugong bone, bronze, feathers, pandanus fibre, and works on paper, bark and canvas.
- Just looking at it made me happy, from the glossy little banana chips and minimalist knot of pandan leaf on top, from the chaste green sweep of banana-leaf wrapping, to the shiny gold circle on which the pastry sits.
- The woman was preparing pandanus and plaiting it.
- A few houses of local materials, with pandanus thatch sides and thatched roofs, still exist.
- After cooking in syrup, the cakes are soaked in a mixture called rabri - cream plus thickened fresh milk, flavoured with pandanus.
- The whole village built of pandanus and grass looked as if it were about to founder in the sea of mud.
Origin Modern Latin, from Malay pandan. |