screw bean

/skru bin/

Definitions of screw bean

1. noun

   shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods
   synonyms: Prosopis pubescens, screwbean, screwbean mesquite, tornillo

   type 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
2. noun

   spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed
   type of:

   pod, seedpod

   a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant