ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Screwbean

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Screwbean is a noun meaning Prosopis pubescens, a flowering shrub or small tree in the pea family, native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

Meaning

Prosopis pubescens, a flowering shrub or small tree in the pea family, native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

More Meanings

  1. The nutritious seedpod of this plant.

Word Forms

Synonyms for screwbean

Depending on context, synonyms include tornillo.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tornillo, mesquite, mezquite, snapbean, blackbead, screwpine.

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