ALL meanings of screw pine
screw pine
S s - noun screw pine any tropical Asian tree or shrub of the genus Pandanus, having a palmlike or branched stem, long, narrow, rigid, spirally arranged leaves and aerial roots, and bearing an edible fruit. 1
- noun screw pine any of various pandanaceous plants of the Old World tropical genus Pandanus, having a spiral mass of pineapple-like leaves and heavy conelike fruits 0
- noun screw pine any of a genus (Pandanus) of SE Asian trees and shrubs of the screw-pine family, often having edible starchy fruits 0
- adjective screw pine designating a family (Pandanaceae, order Pandanales) of monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, and climbers, characterized by daggerlike leaves and prop roots 0