SCREWBEAN


Meaning of SCREWBEAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈskrü-ˌbēn ]

noun

Date: 1866

1. : a leguminous shrub or small tree ( Prosopis pubescens ) of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having spirally twisted pods with sweet pulp — called also screwbean mesquite

2. : the pod of the screwbean

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.