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单词 screw pine
释义

screw pine


noun

any tropical Asian tree or shrub of the genus Pandanus, having a palmlike or branched stem, long, narrow, rigid, spirally arranged leaves and aerial roots, and bearing an edible fruit.

Origin of screw pine

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby screw pine

screw nail, screw nut, screw-off, screw-on, screw pile, screw pine, screwplate, screw press, screw propeller, screw someone out of, screw tap
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Example sentences from the Web for screw pine

  • Most of these parasols, prepared from the leaves of the screw-pine, are imported hither from China.

    Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II|Karl Ritter von Scherzer
  • The material used is toquilla straw, the mid-rib of the screw-pine (Carlodovica palmata).

    Commercial Geography|Jacques W. Redway
  • The orang had grasped a screw-pine, and he held on, but he struggled no more.

    Four Young Explorers|Oliver Optic

British Dictionary definitions for screw pine

screw pine

noun

any of various pandanaceous plants of the Old World tropical genus Pandanus, having a spiral mass of pineapple-like leaves and heavy conelike fruits
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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