tornillo
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tor·nil·lo
(tôr-nĭl′ō, -nē′ō)n. pl. tor·nil·los
1. See screwbean mesquite.
2. A seismic signal associated with magma flow within a volcano and consisting of low frequency seismic waves that appear on a seismogram as a line resembling a screw seen from the side.
[Spanish, little lathe, screw, screw bean, diminutive of torno, lathe, from Latin tornus; see turn.]
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tornillo
(tɔːˈniːjəʊ; tɔːˈnɪləʊ)n
Also called: screw bean (Animals) a shrub which is found in Mexico and some south-western states of the US
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screw′ bean`
n.
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.
[1865–70, Amer.]
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| Noun | 1. | tornillo - shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods mesquit, mesquite - 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 screw bean - spirally twisted sweet pod of screwbean mesquite that is used for fodder or ground into meal for feed |
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