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Shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods
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tornillo
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Wiktionary
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n. 1 A small tree, (taxlink Prosopis pubescens species noshow=1), native to Mexico and parts of the United States that has spirally twisted pods; the screwbean 2 (context geology English) A low-frequency seismic event associated with volcanoes
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Tornillo can mean: Tornillo, Texas Tornillo, an album by Glen Phillips tornillo event , a low-frequency volcanic seismic event Any of several species of trees in the genus Prosopis , including: Prosopis pubescens Prosopis reptans Mark Tornillo , lead vocalist ...
WordNet
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n. shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods [syn: screw bean , screwbean , screwbean mesquite , Prosopis pubescens ]
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Population (2000): 1609 Housing Units (2000): 437 Land area (2000): 3.420580 sq. miles (8.859261 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.420580 sq. miles (8.859261 sq. km) FIPS code: 73376 Located within: Texas ...
Usage examples of tornillo.
In the center, a large artificial waterfall plunged into a rocky pool surrounded by showy clumps of grass, a fifteen-foot green cactus with many branches and symmetrical ribs, and a tornillo mesquite with twisted limbs, hung wim odd-shaped corkscrew beans.