screwbean

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noun

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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screwbean mesquitescrew pod mesquitescrew beantornilloProsopis pubescens
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Meanings

nounscrewbean (plural screwbeans)

plural screwbeans · alternative screw bean

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

    Synonyms: screwbean mesquite, screw pod mesquite

  2. The nutritious seedpod of this plant.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
screwbean mesquitescrew pod mesquite

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
screw beantornilloscrewbean mesquiteProsopis pubescens
Broader
mesquitemesquit
Also see
screwbean mesquitescrew pod mesquitetornillo

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From screw + bean.

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APA

screwbean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screwbean

MLA

“screwbean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screwbean. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “screwbean,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screwbean.

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