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Screw pine

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An Old World tropical tree, Pandanus utilis.
  2. 2
    any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves wordnet
  3. 3
    The tree Pandanus spindalis. Australia
  4. 4
    Any species in the genus Pandanus

Etymology

From 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.

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