About The Word Mesquite
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Mesquite
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What's The Definition Of Mesquite?
[n] any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large sugar-rich pods
Synonyms | Synonyms for Mesquite: mesquit Related Terms | Find terms related to Mesquite: See Also | algarroba | bush | genus Prosopis | honey mesquite | Prosopis | Prosopis glandulosa | Prosopis juliflora | Prosopis juliiflora | Prosopis pubescens | screw bean | screwbean | screwbean mesquite | shrub | tornillo | Western honey mesquite Mesquite In Webster's Dictionary \Mes*qui"te\, Mesquit \Mes*quit"\, n. [Sp. mezquite;
said to be a Mexican Indian word.] (Bot.)
A name for two trees of the southwestern part of North
America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite.
{Honey mesquite}. See {Algaroba}
(b) .
{Screw-pod mesquite}, a smaller tree ({Prosopis pubescens}),
having spiral pods used as fodder and sometimes as food by
the Indians.
{Mesquite grass}, a rich native grass in Western Texas
({Bouteloua oligostachya}, and other species); -- so
called from its growing in company with the mesquite tree;
-- called also {muskit grass}, {grama grass}.
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