Meaning Of The Word Mesquite
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Mesquite Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Mesquite?
Mesquite in American English
any of several thorny trees or shrubs (genus Prosopis) of the mimosa family, common in the SW U.S. and in Mexico, including the screw bean: the sugary, beanlike, edible pods are used as fodder city in NE Tex.: suburb of Dallas: pop. 125,000 noun: any of several usually spiny trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Prosopis, of the legume family, as P. juliflora or P. glandulosa, of western North America, having bipinnate leaves and beanlike pods and often forming dense thickets mesquite in British English noun: any small leguminous tree of the genus Prosopis, esp the tropical American P. juliflora, whose sugary pods (mesquite beans) are used as animal fodder |
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