New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
screwbean — noun shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods • Syn: ↑screw bean, ↑tornillo, ↑screwbean mesquite, ↑Prosopis pubescens • Hypernyms: ↑mesquite, ↑mesquit … Useful english dictionary
screwbean mesquite — noun see screwbean … New Collegiate Dictionary
screwbean mesquite — noun shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods • Syn: ↑screw bean, ↑screwbean, ↑tornillo, ↑Prosopis pubescens • Hypernyms: ↑mesquite, ↑mesquit … Useful english dictionary
screwbean — screw bean n. In both senses also called tornillo. 1. A shrub or small tree (Prosopis pubescens) of the southwest United States and adjacent areas of Mexico, having pinnately compound leaves, tiny yellowish white flowers, and twisted pods used as … Universalium
Prosopis strombulifera — ID 67922 Symbol Key PRST3 Common Name Argentine screwbean Family Fabaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Introduced to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CA Growth Habit Shrub Duration … USDA Plant Characteristics
List of flora (LCRV) — This is a List of flora of the (Lower Colorado River Valley). The list also includes: Lepidoptera (Butterfly Moth), and Wildflower species.List of floraThe list:* Acacia greggii * Atriplex * Baccharis * Chenopodium * Chilopsis * Cottonwood *… … Wikipedia
screw bean — noun 1. spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed • Hypernyms: ↑pod, ↑seedpod • Part Holonyms: ↑screwbean, ↑tornillo, ↑screwbean mesquite, ↑Prosopis pubescens 2 … Useful english dictionary
List of plants by common name (Sonoran Desert) — This is a List of plants by common name (Sonoran Desert), for the Sonoran Desert and local environs; (S California, etc New Mexico, S, SW or Rio Grande Valley Northern Mexico states: Sonora, Chihuahua and Baja California, North and South, and… … Wikipedia
Mesquite — For other uses, see Mesquite (disambiguation). Mesquite Mesquite (from Nahuatl mizquitl) is a leguminous plant of the Prosopis genus found in northern Mexico through the Sonoran Desert and Chihuahuan Deserts, and up into the Southwestern United… … Wikipedia
Prosopis pubescens — Taxobox name = Prosopis pubescens image width = 250px image caption = Mature fruit (beans or legumes) of Prosopis pubescens regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fabales familia = Fabaceae subfamilia =… … Wikipedia
