screwbean

noun

screw·​bean ˈskrü-ˌbēn 

1

: a leguminous shrub or small tree (Strombocarpa pubescens synonym Prosopis pubescens) of the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico having spirally twisted pods with sweet pulp

called also screwbean mesquite

2

: the pod of the screwbean

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1