单词 | screw-pod |
释义 | > as lemmasscrew-pod screw-pod n. the screw-bean mesquite, Prosopis pubescens (more fully screw-pod mesquite, †screw pod mimosa); (also) a pod of this plant. ΚΠ 1855 Amer. Jrnl. Pharmacy 27 17 The Mezquite tree of Dr. Shumard, is probably either the Strambo carpa [sic] pubescens or screw pod mimosa, (Gray,) or the Algarobia glandulosa. 1895 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 8 50 There are two varieties of the Mezquite; that with the screw pod, which grows only in the valley of the Colorado, and that with the flat pod. 1903 R. B. Hough Amer. Woods IX. 24 The Screw-pod is a small tree. 2013 A. Journey Sonnets to Ambien ii, in Vulgar Remedies (electronic ed.) They pry them loose, take off through the screw-pod mesquite. < as lemmas |
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