any of various pandanaceous plants of the Old World tropical genus Pandanus, having a spiral mass of pineapple-like leaves and heavy conelike fruits
screw pine in American English
any of a genus (Pandanus) of SE Asian trees and shrubs of the screw-pine family, often having edible starchy fruits
screw-pine in American English
(ˈskruˌpaɪn)
adjective
designating a family (Pandanaceae, order Pandanales) of monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, and climbers, characterized by daggerlike leaves and prop roots