screw pine
See also: screwpine
English
editEtymology
editFrom screw + pine: the fruit resembles a pine cone, though the plants are not closely related; and the clustered leaves are thought to resemble a screw.
Noun
editscrew pine (plural screw pines)
- An Old World tropical tree, Pandanus utilis.
- (Australia) The tree Pandanus spindalis.
- Any species in the genus Pandanus
Synonyms
editTranslations
editPandanus spp.
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References
edit- “screw pine”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “screw pine”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.