ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈnā(ˌ)lēz noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Pandanus + -ales
: an order of monocotyledonous plants including the families Typhaceae, Sparganiaceae, and Pandanaceae and distinguished by monoecious or dioecious flowers without a perianth that are borne in close spikes or heads and ovules with mealy or fleshy endosperm