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Noun: screw pine  skroo pIn
  1. Any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves
    "The screw pine's distinctive aerial roots help support its tall structure";
    - pandanus

Derived forms: screw pines

Type of: tree

Part of: genus Pandanus

Encyclopedia: Screw pine