tornillo

tor·nil·lo  (tôr-nl, -n)

n. pl. tor·nil·los

See screw bean.

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[American Spanish, from Spanish, small lathe, screw, diminutive of torno, lathe, from Latin tornus; see turn.]

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Noun

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tornillo - shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods Prosopis pubescens, screwbean, screwbean mesquite, 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