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1835–45, Americanism; < Spanish: screw, clamp, equivalent to torn(o) lathe, gyration (< Latin tornus lathe < Greek tórnos) + -illo diminutive suffix (< Latin -illum)
1835–45, Americanism; < Spanish: screw, clamp, equivalent to torn(o) lathe, gyration (< Latin tornus lathe < Greek tórnos) + -illo diminutive suffix (< Latin -illum)
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| tornillo | |
noun | |
| shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods [syn: screw bean] |
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