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screw bean

DEFINITIONS OF: screw bean

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n shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods

Synonyms:
Prosopis pubescens, 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

n spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed

Type of:
pod, seedpod
a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant
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