HyperDic: prosopis_pubescens

English > 1 sense of the expression Prosopis pubescens:
NOUNplantProsopis pubescens, screw bean, screwbean, tornillo, screwbean mesquiteshrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods
English > Prosopis pubescens: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningshrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods.
Synonymsscrew bean, screwbean, tornillo, screwbean mesquite
Partsscrew beanspirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed
Broadermesquite, mesquitAny 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
Spanishscrewbean, tornillo
Catalanscrewbean

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