screw tree

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   a tree or shrub of the genus Helicteres

   Broadershrub

   Narrowernut-leaved screw tree

   Part ofHelicteres

Questions about screw tree

What does screw tree mean?

screw tree means "a tree or shrub of the genus Helicteres".

Is screw tree a common word?

screw tree is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.