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tornillo

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tor⋅nil⋅lo

  [tawr-nil-oh, -nee-oh; Sp. tawr-nee-lyaw, -nee-yaw]
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–noun, plural -nil⋅los  [-nil-ohz, -nee-ohz; Sp. -nee-lyaws, -nee-yaws] .
screw bean.
Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; < Sp: screw, clamp, equiv. to torn(o) lathe, gyration (< L tornus lathe < Gk tórnos) + -illo dim. suffix (< L -illum)
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screw bean

 
–noun
1. a tree, Prosopis pubescens, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., bearing twisted pods used as fodder.
2. the pod itself.
Also called tornillo.

Origin:
1865–70, Americanism
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screw bean  
n.   In both senses also called tornillo.

  1. A shrub or small tree (Prosopis pubescens) of the southwest United States and adjacent areas of Mexico, having pinnately compound leaves, tiny yellowish-white flowers, and twisted pods used as fodder.

  2. The pod of this plant.

tor·nil·lo   (tôr-nĭl'ō, -nē'ō)   
n.   pl. tor·nil·los
See screw bean.

[American Spanish, from Spanish, small lathe, screw, diminutive of torno, lathe, from Latin tornus; see turn.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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