pandanus

Other forms of pandanus

plural

pandanuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pandanus

What does pandanus mean?

pandanus means "fiber from leaves of the pandanus tree; used for woven articles (such as mats)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pandanus?

pandanus has 3 syllables: pan-da-nus. The stress falls on "da". In IPA it is /pænˈdeɪnəs/.

What is another word for pandanus?

Close synonyms include screw pine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pandanus a common word?

pandanus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.