| 单词 | screw pine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscrew pine screw pine n. any of the trees and shrubs of the genus Pandanus and other genera of the family Pandanaceae, which typically have long narrow leaves arranged in spirals; a pandan. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > screw-pines pandan1770 pandanus1770 screw pine1789 lauhala1815 hala1822 chandelier tree1830 screw palm1833 tent-tree1884 pandanad1892 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [adjective] > of screw-pines and allies pandanus1770 screw pine1789 pandaneous1857 bombaceous1863 pandanaceous1889 1789 W. Aiton Hortus Kewensis III. 387 Sweet-scented Pandanus, or Screw Pine. 1836 W. Buckland Geol. & Mineral. I. xviii. 503 The Pandaneæ, or Screw-Pines..abound in the Indian Archipelago... Their aspect is that of gigantic Pine apple plants having arborescent stems. 1946 D. Barr Warrigal Joe 18 The country was rocky and dodging screw-pines and gum trees no easy job. 2007 J. L. Gould & C. G. Gould Animal Architects x. 290 The crows fabricate these so-called step-cut implements from the stiff leaves of screw pines. < as lemmas |
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