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SCREW TREE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tree or shrub of the genus Helicteres
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("screw tree" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "screw tree"):
Helicteres isora; nut-leaved screw tree (East Indian shrub often cultivated for its hairy leaves and orange-red flowers)
Holonyms ("screw tree" is a member of...):
genus Helicteres; Helicteres (genus of shrubs and small trees of tropical America and Asia having cylindrical fruits spirally twisted around one another)
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