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screwbean

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
screw-bean
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Prosopis pubescens, a flowering shrub or small tree in the pea family, native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

noun

The nutritious seedpod of this plant.

Etymology

From screw + bean.

Inflected Forms

screwbeans (plural) screw bean (alternative)

Synonyms

screwbean mesquite screw pod mesquite screw bean tornillo prosopis pubescens

Questions

What does screwbean mean?
Prosopis pubescens, a flowering shrub or small tree in the pea family, native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
Where does screwbean come from?
From screw + bean.

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