1. fiber from leaves of the pandanus tree; used for woven articles (such as mats) • Hypernyms: natural fiber, natural fibre 2. any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves • Syn: screw pine • Hypernyms: tree • Hyponyms: textile screw pine, lauhala, Pandanus tectorius • Member Holonyms: genus Pandanus