screw palm

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Etymology[edit]

screw +‎ palm: the leaves are organised in a spiral arrangement and the overall shape of the tree is reminiscent of a palm tree.

Noun[edit]

screw palm (plural screw palms)

  1. The tree Pandanus spindalis, of tropical northern Australia.

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