The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pandanus \Pan*da"nus\, prop. n. [NL., fr. Malay pandan.] (Bot.) A genus of endogenous plants, native to tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia. See Screw pine.
2. Fiber from leaves of the pandanus tree; used for woven articles (such as mats). [wns16=1]
3. Any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and pineapplelike leaves and edible conelike fruits; also called the screw pine. [wns16=2]
Wiktionary
n. An Old World tropical tree, (taxlink Pandanus utilis species noshow=1)
WordNet
n. any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves [syn: pandanus]
Usage examples of "screw pine".
Down towards the Kansas Sea are more cycads and willows, while the uplands are covered with screw pine and ginkgoes.
Coconut palms and the screw pine raised their tufted tops above the tangle of vegetation, and ferns of many varieties grew in the dense shade.
The nullahs ran together into a couple of deeper gorges that cut through a slight depression choked with denser growth, cycad, and screw pine.