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SCREWBEAN MESQUITE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods
Synonyms:
Prosopis pubescens; screw bean; screwbean; screwbean mesquite; tornillo
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Hypernyms ("screwbean mesquite" is a kind 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)
Meronyms (parts of "screwbean mesquite"):
screw bean (spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed)