tornillo

English Thesaurus

1. shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	mesquit, mesquite,
definition	:	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 (noun.plant)

part holonym	:	screw bean,
definition	:	spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed (noun.plant)