screw bean

English Thesaurus

1. shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	mesquit, mesquite,
definition	:	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 (noun.plant)

part holonym	:	screw bean,
definition	:	spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed (noun.plant)

2. spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	pod, seedpod,
definition	:	a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant (noun.plant)

part meronym	:	prosopis pubescens, screw bean, screwbean, screwbean mesquite, tornillo,
definition	:	shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods (noun.plant)