SCREWBEAN MESQUITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does screwbean mesquite mean? 

• SCREWBEAN MESQUITE (noun)
  The noun SCREWBEAN MESQUITE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SCREWBEAN MESQUITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCREWBEAN MESQUITE (noun)

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 ("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)