mesquit

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun mesquit has 1 sense

mesquit(n = noun.plant) mesquite - any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar;

is a member of genus prosopis, prosopis

has particulars: honey mesquite, prosopis glandulosa, western honey mesquite, algarroba, prosopis juliflora, prosopis juliiflora, prosopis pubescens, screw bean, screwbean, screwbean mesquite, tornillo

is a kind of bush, shrub

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CIDE DICTIONARY

mesquit, n. [Sp. mezquite; said to be a Mexican Indian word.].

Aany of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the southwestern part of North America belonging to the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large sugar-rich pods, especially the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite. [1913 Webster]

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.