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tornillo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables
tornil-lo
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small tree of species Prosopis pubescens, native to Mexico and parts of the United States, that has spirally twisted pods.

noun

A low-frequency seismic event associated with volcanoes.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tornillo (“screw”).

Inflected Forms

tornillos (plural)

Synonyms

screwbean screw bean screwbean mesquite prosopis pubescens

Questions

What does tornillo mean?
A small tree of species Prosopis pubescens, native to Mexico and parts of the United States, that has spirally twisted pods.
Where does tornillo come from?
Borrowed from Spanish tornillo (“screw”).

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