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screwbean

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Noun1.screwbean - shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods
Prosopis pubescens, screwbean mesquite, tornillo, screw bean
mesquit, mesquite - any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar
screw bean - spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed
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172 55 89 glandulosa 1984 Screwbean Prosopis pubescens 2007 43 24 31 Velvet Prosopis velutina 1949 196 46 60 Western honey Prosopis glandulosa var.
The National Register of Big Trees 2008 by Dawley, Margo; Phillips, Janelle / American Forests
Other recently vacated thrones, with the previous champ's point totals: cajeput-tree (300), castorbean (49), Allegheny chinkapin (155), Ozark chinkapin (124), littleleaf cyrilla (61), September elm (271), Lindheimer hackberry (127), scrub hickory (121), screwbean mesquite (84), and water-elm (313).
Empty thrones: somewhere out there royalty is just waiting to be ... by Bronaugh, Whit / American Forests
glandulosa, 2000 Screwbean, Prosopis 48 27 37 84 pubescens, 2001 Velvet, Prosopis 196 46 60 257 velutina, 1993 Wstrn honey, Prosopis 104 33 83 158 glandulosa var.
The national Register of big trees 2004-2005 by Fedor, Karen / American Forests
 
 
 
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