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Meanings of screw pine in English

Catalan
pandanus
Spanish
pandanus

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

        pandanus
        Usage of screw pine in English
        1
        What is called the screw pine also sends down shoots in the same way.
        The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages
        2
        The Nautilus drew near this island, which I can see to this day with its remarkable fringe of screw pines.
        Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
        3
        (These trees are screw pines.)
        Foul Play
        Translations for screw pine
        Catalan
        pandanus
        Spanish
        pandanus