Western honey mesquite

Western honey mesquite
noun
thorny deep-rooted drought-resistant shrub native to southwestern United States and Mexico bearing pods rich in sugar and important as livestock feed; tends to form extensive thickets
Hypernyms: ↑mesquite, ↑mesquit

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  • honey mesquite — noun thorny deep rooted drought resistant shrub native to southwestern United States and Mexico bearing pods rich in sugar and important as livestock feed; tends to form extensive thickets • Syn: ↑Western honey mesquite, ↑Prosopis glandulosa •… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Honey mesquite — Mesquite Mes*qui te (m[e^]s*k[=e] t[asl]), Mesquit Mes*quit (m[e^]s*k[=e]t ), n. [Sp. mezquite; said to be a Mexican Indian word.] (Bot.) Aany of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the southwestern part of North America belonging to the genus …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • honey mesquite — Mesquite Mes*qui te (m[e^]s*k[=e] t[asl]), Mesquit Mes*quit (m[e^]s*k[=e]t ), n. [Sp. mezquite; said to be a Mexican Indian word.] (Bot.) Aany of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the southwestern part of North America belonging to the genus …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mesquite — Mes*qui te (m[e^]s*k[=e] t[asl]), Mesquit Mes*quit (m[e^]s*k[=e]t ), n. [Sp. mezquite; said to be a Mexican Indian word.] (Bot.) Aany of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the southwestern part of North America belonging to the genus… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mesquite grass — Mesquite Mes*qui te (m[e^]s*k[=e] t[asl]), Mesquit Mes*quit (m[e^]s*k[=e]t ), n. [Sp. mezquite; said to be a Mexican Indian word.] (Bot.) Aany of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the southwestern part of North America belonging to the genus …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mesquite — For other uses, see Mesquite (disambiguation). Mesquite Mesquite (from Nahuatl mizquitl) is a leguminous plant of the Prosopis genus found in northern Mexico through the Sonoran Desert and Chihuahuan Deserts, and up into the Southwestern United… …   Wikipedia

  • westernhoney mesquite — western honey mesquite n. See mesquite.   [From the high sugar content of its pods.] * * * …   Universalium

  • mesquite — /mɛsˈkit/ (say mes keet), /ˈmɛskit/ (say meskeet) noun any of several south western US and Mexican trees and shrubs of the genus Prosopis, family Mimosaceae, of tropical and subtropical regions, having bean like pods rich in sugar and useful as… …  

  • Screw-pod mesquite — Mesquite Mes*qui te (m[e^]s*k[=e] t[asl]), Mesquit Mes*quit (m[e^]s*k[=e]t ), n. [Sp. mezquite; said to be a Mexican Indian word.] (Bot.) Aany of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the southwestern part of North America belonging to the genus …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • screw-pod mesquite — Mesquite Mes*qui te (m[e^]s*k[=e] t[asl]), Mesquit Mes*quit (m[e^]s*k[=e]t ), n. [Sp. mezquite; said to be a Mexican Indian word.] (Bot.) Aany of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the southwestern part of North America belonging to the genus …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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