screwbean

screwbean
screw bean n. In both senses also called tornillo.
1. A shrub or small tree (Prosopis pubescens) of the southwest United States and adjacent areas of Mexico, having pinnately compound leaves, tiny yellowish-white flowers, and twisted pods used as fodder.
2. The pod of this plant.

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