tor·nil·lo (tôr-n l  , -n )n. pl. tor·nil·los See screw bean. [American Spanish, from Spanish, small lathe, screw, diminutive of torno, lathe, from Latin tornus; see turn.] |
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| Noun | 1. | tornillo - shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods 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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