mesquit : Idioms & Phrases
Honey mesquite
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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
Prosopis glandulosa; Western honey mesquite.
WordNet
- . See
Algaroba (b) .
Webster 1913
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 alsomuskit grass ,grama grass .
Webster 1913
Screw-pod mesquite
- a smaller tree (
Prosopis pubescens ), having spiral pods used as fodder and sometimes as food by the Indians.
