tornillo

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tornillo

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Borrowed from Spanish tornillo (“screw”).

noun tornillos

A small tree of species Prosopis pubescens, native to Mexico and parts of the United States, that has spirally twisted pods.
Similar: screwbean
A low-frequency seismic event associated with volcanoes.

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"tornillo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tornillo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{tornillo_2026,
  title = {tornillo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tornillo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}