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PANDANUS TECTORIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pandanus tectorius mean? 

PANDANUS TECTORIUS (noun)
  The noun PANDANUS TECTORIUS has 1 sense:

1. Polynesian screw pineplay

  Familiarity information: PANDANUS TECTORIUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PANDANUS TECTORIUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Polynesian screw pine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

lauhala; Pandanus tectorius; textile screw pine

Hypernyms ("Pandanus tectorius" is a kind of...):

pandanus; screw pine (any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves)


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