Phrase guide

screw pine

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An Old World tropical tree, Pandanus utilis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The tree Pandanus spindalis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Any species in the genus Pandanus

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4

noun

Meaning 4

any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pandanus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tree

Narrower terms: textile screw pine, lauhala, Pandanus tectorius

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كَاذِيّ (kāḏiyy) — Pandanus spp.
  • Bengali: কেয়া (keẏa) — Pandanus spp.
  • Bengali: কেওয়া (keōẇa) — Pandanus spp.
  • Bengali: কেওড়া (keōṛa) — Pandanus spp.
  • Burmese: ဆွမ်းမွှေး (hcwam:hmwe:) — Pandanus spp.
  • Burmese: ကွမ်းမွှေး (kwam:hmwe:) — Pandanus spp.
  • Burmese: ဆပ်သွားဖူး (hcapswa:hpu:) — Pandanus spp.
  • Chinese Cantonese: 斑蘭 /斑兰 (baan1 laan4) — Pandanus spp.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 七葉蘭 /七叶兰 — Pandanus spp.
  • Dhivehi: ކަށިކެޔޮ (kaṣikeyo) — Pandanus spp.
  • Fijian: vadra — Pandanus spp.
  • Finnish: kairapalmu — Pandanus spp.
  • French: pandanus — Pandanus spp.
  • German: Schraubenbaum — Pandanus spp.
  • German: Schraubenpalme — Pandanus spp.
  • Hawaiian: hala — Pandanus spp.
  • Hawaiian: pānakana — Pandanus spp.
  • Indonesian: pandan — Pandanus spp.
  • Khmer: តើយ (taəy) — Pandanus spp.
  • Latin: pandanus — Pandanus spp.
  • Malagasy: fandrana — Pandanus spp.
  • Malay: pandan — Pandanus spp.
  • Māori: whara — Pandanus spp.
  • Persian: گیدی (gidi) — Pandanus spp.
  • Polish: pandan — Pandanus spp.
  • Polish: pochutnik — Pandanus spp.
  • Portuguese: pândano — Pandanus spp.
  • Réunion Creole French: vakoi — Pandanus spp.
  • Réunion Creole French: vakwa — Pandanus spp.
  • Russian: панда́н (pandán) — Pandanus spp.
  • Russian: панда́нус (pandánus) — Pandanus spp.
  • Samoan: fala — Pandanus spp.
  • Sanskrit: केतक (ketaka) — Pandanus spp.
  • Shan: ၵဵင်ႁွမ် (kǎeng hǎum) — Pandanus spp.
  • Tagalog: pandan — Pandanus spp.
  • Tagalog: alasas — Pandanus spp.
  • Tagalog: sabutan — Pandanus spp.
  • Tahitian: fara — Pandanus spp.
  • Telugu: మొగలిపొద (mogalipoda) — Pandanus spp.
  • Thai: เตย (dtəəi) — Pandanus spp.
  • Ottoman Turkish: كاذی (kazi) — Pandanus spp.
  • Yami: ango — Pandanus spp.