tornillo

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods

Borrowed from Spanish tornillo (“screw”).

--Y si Ud. necesita una pieza especial de mobiliario, verbigracia, una manija para una gaveta, un candado, clavos, tornillos, o herramientas de uso casero como un martillo, una lima, unas tenazas o alicates, ¿dónde los compra Ud.? — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson

screw bean, screwbean, screwbean mesquite, Prosopis pubescens

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