Pandanus

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pandanus
    n 1: 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 [syn: {pandanus}, {screw pine}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pandanus \Pan*da"nus\, prop. n. [NL., fr. Malay pandan.] (Bot.)
   A genus of endogenous plants, native to tropical lands from
   Africa to Polynesia. See {Screw pine}.
   [1913 Webster]

   2. Fiber from leaves of the pandanus tree; used for woven
      articles (such as mats). [wns16=1]
      [WordNet 1.5]

   3. Any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having
      huge prop roots and pineapplelike leaves and edible
      conelike fruits; also called the {screw pine}. [wns16=2]
      [WordNet 1.5]