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screwbean mesquite

DEFINITIONS OF: screwbean mesquite

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

Synonyms:
Prosopis pubescens, screw bean, screwbean, 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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