screw pine

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === === Noun === screw pine (plural screw pines) An Old World tropical tree, Pandanus utilis. (Australia) The tree Pandanus spindalis. Any species in the genus Pandanus ==== Synonyms ==== pandan, pandanus ==== Translations ==== === References === “screw pine”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “screw pine”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.