mes|quit

mes|quit
mes|quite or mes|quit «mehs KEET, MEHS keet», noun.
1. a deep-rooted tree or shrub, common in the southwestern United States and Mexico, that often grows in dense clumps or thickets; algarroba. It belongs to the pea family. Its beanlike pods contain much sugar and furnish a valuable food for cattle. Its wood is used as fuel and lumber. »

Here and there are patches of a lush green shrub—the mesquite (Scientific American).

2. any closely related plant, especially the screw bean.
[American English < Mexican Spanish mezquite < Nahuatl mizquitl]

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