HyperDic: screw_tree

English > 1 sense of the expression screw tree:
NOUNplantscrew treea tree or shrub of the genus Helicteres
English > screw tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA tree or shrub of the genus Helicteres.
Member ofHelicteres, genus Helicteresgenus of shrubs and small trees of tropical America and Asia having cylindrical fruits spirally twisted around one another
Narrowernut-leaved screw tree, Helicteres isoraEast Indian shrub often cultivated for its hairy leaves and orange-red flowers
Broadershrub, bushA low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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