Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

screw pine

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables
screw pine
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any species in the genus Pandanus

noun

Any species in the genus Pandanus

noun

Any species in the genus Pandanus

Australian usage

Etymology

From screw + pine: the fruit resembles a pine cone, though the plants are not closely related; and the clustered leaves are thought to resemble a screw.

Usage

Inflected Forms

screw pines (plural)

Synonyms

pandan pandanus

Questions

What does screw pine mean?
Any species in the genus Pandanus
Where does screw pine come from?
From screw + pine: the fruit resembles a pine cone, though the plants are not closely related; and the clustered leaves are thought to resemble a screw.

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