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English noun: screw bean

1. screw bean (plant) spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed


Broader (hypernym)pod, seedpod


Part meronymProsopis pubescens, screw bean, screwbean, screwbean mesquite, tornillo

2. screw bean (plant) shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods


SynonymsProsopis pubescens, screwbean, screwbean mesquite, tornillo


Broader (hypernym)mesquit, mesquite


Part holonymscrew bean









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