screw bean

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

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screwbeantornilloscrewbean mesquiteProsopis pubescens
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Meanings

nounscrew bean (plural screw beans)

plural screw beans

  1. alternativeAlternative form of screwbean

Synonyms & antonyms

nounshrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods

Similar
screwbeantornilloscrewbean mesquiteProsopis pubescens
Broader
mesquitemesquit
Also see
screwbeanscrewbean mesquitetornillo

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

“screw bean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screw%20bean. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “screw bean,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screw%20bean.

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