screw pine

Meaning

Noun

An Old World tropical tree, Pandanus utilis (species)
Any species in the genus Pandanus

Origin

screw + pine: the fruit resembles a pine cone, though the plants are unrelated; and the clustered leaves are thought to resemble a screw.

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