单词 | screw bean |
释义 | screw bean in American English US 1. the spirally twisted pod growing on a mesquite tree (Prosopis pubescens) of the SW U.S., often used for fodder 2. this tree screw bean in American Englishnoun Also called: tornillo1. a tree, Prosopis pubescens, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., bearing twisted pods used as fodder 2. the pod itself Word origin [1865–70, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: batting average, goulash, maverick, steamroller, valence |
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