SCREW PINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does screw pine mean? 

• SCREW PINE (noun)
  The noun SCREW PINE has 1 sense:

1. any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves

  Familiarity information: SCREW PINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCREW PINE (noun)

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Meaning:

Any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

pandanus; screw pine

Hypernyms ("screw pine" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "screw pine"):

lauhala; Pandanus tectorius; textile screw pine (Polynesian screw pine)

Holonyms ("screw pine" is a member of...):

genus Pandanus (type genus of the Pandanaceae (as screw pines))