English Explanatory Dictionary

screw pine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Old World tropical tree, Pandanus utilis.
  2. The tree Pandanus spindalis.
  3. Any species in the genus Pandanus

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-screw pine.wav

Word forms

screw pine screw pines

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.

Synonyms

pandan pandanus

Translations

Arabic: كَاذِيّ Burmese: ဆွမ်းမွှေး Burmese: ကွမ်းမွှေး Burmese: ဆပ်သွားဖူး Chinese Cantonese: 斑蘭 /斑兰 Chinese Mandarin: 七葉蘭 /七叶兰 Dhivehi: ކަށިކެޔޮ Fijian: vadra Finnish: kairapalmu French: pandanus German: Schraubenbaum German: Schraubenpalme Hawaiian: hala Hawaiian: pānakana Indonesian: pandan Khmer: តើយ Latin: pandanus Malagasy: fandrana Malay: pandan Māori: whara Persian: گیدی Polish: pandan Polish: pochutnik Portuguese: pândano Russian: панда́н Russian: панда́нус Samoan: fala Sanskrit: केतक Shan: ၵဵင်ႁွမ် Tagalog: pandan Tagalog: alasas Tagalog: sabutan Tahitian: fara Telugu: మొగలిపొద Thai: เตย Ottoman Turkish: كاذی Yami: ango
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