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Definition of Screw pine
1. Noun. Any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves.
Group relationships: Genus Pandanus
Specialized synonyms: Lauhala, Pandanus Tectorius, Textile Screw Pine
Generic synonyms: Tree
Definition of Screw pine
1. Noun. An Old World tropical tree, ''Pandanus utilis'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Screw Pine
Literary usage of Screw pine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1872)
"On the minute Anatomy of the Stem of 'the Screw-Pine, Pandanus utilis. Бу WT
THISELTON DYER, BA, B.Sc., Professor of Botany in the Royal College of Science ..."
2. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"East Jara. Temperate savannah- forest of Casuarina. Alpine steppe. Alpine vegetation
in sun and in shade, iii. Celebes. Screw-pine forest on Lokon. iv. ..."
3. The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar by Georg Hartwig (1872)
"... screw pine— Mimosas—Lianas—Climbing Trees—Epiphytes—Water Plants—Buttressed
Trees—Trees with Fantastic Roots—Mangroves—Marsh Forests—Palms—The Cocoa ..."
4. Winston's Cumulative Loose-leaf Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Workby Thomas Edward Finegan by Thomas Edward Finegan (1922)
"... or Screw-pine order. They are natives of tropical regions, and abound in
insular situations, such as the Eastern Archipelago. ..."
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