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Prosopis pubescens
DEFINITIONS OF:
Prosopis pubescens
1
n
shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods
Synonyms:
screw bean
,
screwbean
,
screwbean mesquite
,
tornillo
Type of:
mesquit
,
mesquite
any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar
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