Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun screw_bean

2 senses of screw bean

Sense 1
screw bean -- (spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed)
       => pod, seedpod -- (a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant)

Sense 2
screw bean, screwbean, tornillo, screwbean mesquite, Prosopis pubescens -- (shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods)
       => mesquite, mesquit -- (any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar)