noun
- Spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed.
- Shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods.
- synonyms: screwbean, tornillo, screwbean mesquite, Prosopis pubescens
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