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Definitions for: 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
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: mesquit
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
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