*panda*

n. (Zool.) 1. A small Asiatic mammal (Ailurus fulgens) having fine soft fur, which inhabits the mountains of Northern India. It was once thought to be related to the bears, but is now believed to be more closely related to raccoons. It has reddish-brown fur on the back and sides, and black fur on the legs and underside. Called also the lesser panda. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), a bearlike black-and white mammal now found wild only in the central forests of China, which lives mainly on on bamboo. It is an endangered species, and is a popular attraction in the few zoos which have bveen able to obtain specimens. [ PJC ]

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 ]