panda

prop. n. A natural family of woody plants including the pandanus tree (the screw pine) and freycinetia.
Syn. -- family Pandanaceae, screw-pine family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. An order of plants including the families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; and Pandanaceae.
Syn. -- order Pandanales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖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 ]

n. Same as Pander. “Seized by the pandar of Appius.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Panderism. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To pander. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]