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SCREW PINE
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I. (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
Synonyms:
pandanus; screw pine
Classified under:
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))