pandanusn.

Brit.

/panˈdanəs/, U.S.

/pænˈdænəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pandanus.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Pandanus, genus name (G. E. Rumphius Herbarium Amboinense (1743) IV. 139/1) < Malay pandan pandan n.

1. A plant of the genus Pandanus (family Pandanaceae), comprising trees and shrubs native to Malaysia, tropical Africa, and Australasia, distinguished by twisted stems with aerial roots, long, narrow, usually spiny leaves arranged in spiral tufts, and large, sometimes edible cone-like fruits. Also (in form Pandanus): the genus itself. Also called screw pine. Frequently attributive. Cf. pandan n.Valid publication of the genus name: C. Linnaeus filius in Supplementum Plantarum (1781) 64.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > screw-pines

pandan1770

pandanus1770

screw pine1789

lauhala1815

hala1822

chandelier tree1830

screw palm1833

tent-tree1884

pandanad1892

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [adjective] > of screw-pines and allies

pandanus1770

screw pine1789

pandaneous1857

bombaceous1863

pandanaceous1889

1770 J. Banks Endeavour Jrnl. Aug. 127 It is common to all the East Indies and calld by the Dutch there Pynappel Boomen (Pandanus).

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 285 The seeds of Pandanus are eatable.

1846 L. Leichhardt in J. D. Lang Cooksland 326 The fruit of the pandanus forms another apparently very-much-liked eatable of the natives.

1862 A. R. Wallace in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 32 134 The only manufactures of Goram are coarse mat sail-cloth, a little cotton, and ornamental boxes made of sago-pith and pandanus-leaves.

1895 Amer. Naturalist 29 9 The fruits of the teak-wood, the pandanus, etc., constitute perhaps the larger portion of the food of these birds.

1915 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 698/1 A net..is woven from a strong fibre found in a species of pandanus-tree.

1946 I. L. Idriess In Crocodile Land i. 5 They chopped pandanus nuts for breakfast.

1992 Holiday Which? Mar. 101/2 Walkways pass along rocky cliffs lined with pandanus.

2. The fibre obtained from pandanus leaves; (also) material woven from this fibre. Chiefly attributive.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > other textiles obtained from plants > [adjective]

pandanus1898

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from other vegetable fibres > [adjective]

sedgeda1616

wickered1725

grass linen1821

grass cloth1823

pandanus1898

randed1907

1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. II. xxv. 107 The only native manufactures are sail-matting..and pandanus-leaf boxes.]

1898 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 27 412 One kind [of dress]..was 8–10 inches wide, made of a fine pandanus mat.

1930 M. Mead Growing up in New Guinea ix. 156 A pandanus rain mat is a clumsy thing to carry about.

1941 Harper's Mag. Jan. 216/1 If the tin roofs..should rust away, then the old practice of using neatly woven pandanus must return.

1974 National Geographic Dec. 778/1 The scene was one from yesterday—the pandanus-thatched houses under the palms, the circle of grinning, tattooed men.

1991 S. Winchester Pacific (1992) (BNC) 8 The High Commissioner's Residency was flooded, his collection of pandanus mats sodden.

Compounds

pandanus palm n. (a) a pandanus (sense 1); (b) Australian the pandanny, Richea pandanifolia.

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1866 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 36 27 No water in the dry sandy creeks..; many pandanus palms grew on their banks.

1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber i. i. 15 Groups of pandanus palms bearing massive orange-coloured fruits.

1936 I. L. Idriess Cattle King xxxvi. 314 Plenty of water there, rock-bound rivers, pandanus-palm creeks, grass, trees, lily-covered lagoons.

1979 B. Roberts Stones in Cephissus 19 You could be lost forever in this dank forest of King Billy Pine and Richea (the tall pandanus palm).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pandanus
释义	pandanusn. Brit. /panˈdanəs/, U.S. /pænˈdænəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pandanus. Etymology: < scientific Latin Pandanus, genus name (G. E. Rumphius Herbarium Amboinense (1743) IV. 139/1) < Malay pandan pandan n. 1. A plant of the genus Pandanus (family Pandanaceae), comprising trees and shrubs native to Malaysia, tropical Africa, and Australasia, distinguished by twisted stems with aerial roots, long, narrow, usually spiny leaves arranged in spiral tufts, and large, sometimes edible cone-like fruits. Also (in form Pandanus): the genus itself. Also called screw pine. Frequently attributive. Cf. pandan n.Valid publication of the genus name: C. Linnaeus filius in Supplementum Plantarum (1781) 64. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > screw-pines pandan1770 pandanus1770 screw pine1789 lauhala1815 hala1822 chandelier tree1830 screw palm1833 tent-tree1884 pandanad1892 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [adjective] > of screw-pines and allies pandanus1770 screw pine1789 pandaneous1857 bombaceous1863 pandanaceous1889 1770 J. Banks Endeavour Jrnl. Aug. 127 It is common to all the East Indies and calld by the Dutch there Pynappel Boomen (Pandanus). 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 285 The seeds of Pandanus are eatable. 1846 L. Leichhardt in J. D. Lang Cooksland 326 The fruit of the pandanus forms another apparently very-much-liked eatable of the natives. 1862 A. R. Wallace in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 32 134 The only manufactures of Goram are coarse mat sail-cloth, a little cotton, and ornamental boxes made of sago-pith and pandanus-leaves. 1895 Amer. Naturalist 29 9 The fruits of the teak-wood, the pandanus, etc., constitute perhaps the larger portion of the food of these birds. 1915 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 698/1 A net..is woven from a strong fibre found in a species of pandanus-tree. 1946 I. L. Idriess In Crocodile Land i. 5 They chopped pandanus nuts for breakfast. 1992 Holiday Which? Mar. 101/2 Walkways pass along rocky cliffs lined with pandanus. 2. The fibre obtained from pandanus leaves; (also) material woven from this fibre. Chiefly attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > other textiles obtained from plants > [adjective] pandanus1898 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from other vegetable fibres > [adjective] sedgeda1616 wickered1725 grass linen1821 grass cloth1823 pandanus1898 randed1907 1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. II. xxv. 107 The only native manufactures are sail-matting..and pandanus-leaf boxes.] 1898 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 27 412 One kind [of dress]..was 8–10 inches wide, made of a fine pandanus mat. 1930 M. Mead Growing up in New Guinea ix. 156 A pandanus rain mat is a clumsy thing to carry about. 1941 Harper's Mag. Jan. 216/1 If the tin roofs..should rust away, then the old practice of using neatly woven pandanus must return. 1974 National Geographic Dec. 778/1 The scene was one from yesterday—the pandanus-thatched houses under the palms, the circle of grinning, tattooed men. 1991 S. Winchester Pacific (1992) (BNC) 8 The High Commissioner's Residency was flooded, his collection of pandanus mats sodden. Compounds pandanus palm n. (a) a pandanus (sense 1); (b) Australian the pandanny, Richea pandanifolia. ΚΠ 1866 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 36 27 No water in the dry sandy creeks..; many pandanus palms grew on their banks. 1908 E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber i. i. 15 Groups of pandanus palms bearing massive orange-coloured fruits. 1936 I. L. Idriess Cattle King xxxvi. 314 Plenty of water there, rock-bound rivers, pandanus-palm creeks, grass, trees, lily-covered lagoons. 1979 B. Roberts Stones in Cephissus 19 You could be lost forever in this dank forest of King Billy Pine and Richea (the tall pandanus palm). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1770
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