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Definition: Pandanus |
PandanusNoun1. Fiber from leaves of the pandanus tree; used for woven articles (such as mats). 2. Any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pandanus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
Etymology: Pandanus \Pan*da"nus\, noun. [New Latin expression, from Malay pandan.]. (references) |
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Botanical | Screw pines are rarely cultivated in Panama. Ripe fruits may be eaten raw, or cooked for storage and later use. Uncooked fruits are quite tasty; to extract the juice and pulp from the tough fibers is difficult (!). Boiled fruits are a squash-like vegetable often mixed with grated coconut meat. Pandanus flour and paste enveloped with Pandanus leaf-rolls may be stored for years. Fruits to be made into paste are cooked for a long time in an earth oven and then scraped. The pulp is collected on leaves, dried to a sticky consistency, and then rolled into the leaves. To make flour, fruits are cooked for only one hour, pounded, sun dried, and further dried over heated rocks. The resulting dry cakes are pounded to a coarse consistency. The flour has more fibers and more calories than the paste. Calcium oxalate crystals present in some varieties are destroyed by cooking. Apical meristems of tender white developing leaves are edible, like the stems and leaves, when white and tender. Green leaves are used to wrap fish to be cooked. Root tips have sustained fiber for temporary cordage, as do leafe strips. During World War II, American Armed Forces in the Gilbert Islands used Pandanus trunks, split down the middle for temporary construction. All parts of Pandanus are combustible when dry, but the apical ends of discarded drupes provide a very hot and relatively smokeless fuel, like coconut shells. A substitute for cigarette paper is provided by the thin eipdermis of the leaves. Male inflorescences are used to scent coconut oil. (references) |
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Synonym: PandanusSynonym: screw pine (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Pandanus |
| English words defined with "pandanus": family Pandanaceae ♦ Pandanaceae ♦ screw pine, screw-pine family. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "pandanus": FRUIT EDIBLE, RAW, FUCHSIA ARBORESCENS ♦ THATCH PLANT. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Pandanus" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Latin (Screw pine). |
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| "Pandanus Palm" by Matt Brockie Commentary: "Pandanus Palm Tree looking from underneath." |
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Economic History | Papua New Guinea | Early garden crops--many of which are indigenous--included sugarcane, Pacific bananas, yams, and taros, while sago and pandanus were two commonly exploited native forest crops. (references) |
Marshall Islands | In short, fishing and breadfruit, banana, taro, and pandanus cultivation constitute the subsistence sector. (references) | |
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| "Pandanus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pandanus" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "pandanus": genus Pandanus ♦ pandanus odoratissimus ♦ pandanus tectorius. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
pandanus | 19 |
pandanus veitchii | 3 |
pandanus utilis | 3 |
leaf pandanus | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "pandanus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | pandan (screw pine, thatch screw pine). (various references) | |
French | baquois. (various references) | |
German | Pandanuspalme (screw pine, thatch screw pine). (various references) | |
Greek | πάνδανος ο ευοσμότατος (screw pine, thatch screw pine). (various references) | |
Indonesian | jakas (kind of pandanus tree). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | andanuspay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | palmeira-pandano (screw pine, thatch screw pine). (various references) | |
Spanish | bacua (screw pine, thatch screw pine). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Pandanus odoratissimus, Pandanus tectorius, Pandanus tectorus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pandanus": pandanuses. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "pandanus" (pronounced pandā"nus) |
| 4 | -ā" n u s | gayness, heinous, Manus. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-n-n-p-s-u" | |
-2 letters: pandas, sannup, unsnap. | |
-3 letters: annas, naans, nadas, nanas, panda, punas, sauna, sunna. | |
-4 letters: anas, ands, anna, ansa, anus, daps, duns, dups, naan, nada, nana, nans, naps, nuns, pads, pans, puds, puna, puns, sand, snap, span, spud, spun, sunn, upas. | |
-5 letters: aas, ads, ana, and, asp, dap, dun, dup, nan, nap, nun, nus, pad, pan. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-n-n-p-s-u" | |
+2 letters: pandanuses. | |
+3 letters: panjandrums. | |
+4 letters: pasquinading. | |
+5 letters: nondiapausing, superabundant, superannuated. | |
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