screw pine
See also: screwpine
English
screw pine
Etymology
screw + pine: the fruit resembles a pine cone, though the plants are unrelated; and the clustered leaves are thought to resemble a screw.
Noun
screw pine (plural screw pines)
- An Old World tropical tree, Pandanus utilis
- Any species in the genus Pandanus
Translations
References
- screw pine at OneLook Dictionary Search
- screw pine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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