1. Shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods
   "The screwbean's unique spiral pods make it easy to identify";
   - screw bean, tornillo [N. Amer], screwbean mesquite, Prosopis pubescens

1. Spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed
   "The cattle eagerly consumed the screw bean pods"

Derived forms: screwbeans, screw beans

Type of: mesquit, mesquite, pod, seedpod

Encyclopedia: Screwbean