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PROSOPIS PUBESCENS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Prosopis pubescens mean?
• PROSOPIS PUBESCENS (noun)
The noun PROSOPIS PUBESCENS has 1 sense:
1. shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods
Familiarity information: PROSOPIS PUBESCENS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Prosopis pubescens; screw bean; screwbean; screwbean mesquite; tornillo
Hypernyms ("Prosopis pubescens" 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 "Prosopis pubescens"):
screw bean (spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed)
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