mesquite : Idioms & Phrases

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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
    Prosopis glandulosa; 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 also muskit grass, grama grass.
Webster 1913

mesquite gum

  • noun a gum obtained from mesquite pods; resembles gum arabic
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Screw-pod mesquite

  • a smaller tree (Prosopis pubescens), having spiral pods used as fodder and sometimes as food by the Indians.
Webster 1913

screwbean mesquite

  • noun shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods
    screwbean; tornillo; Prosopis pubescens; screw bean.
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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
    Prosopis glandulosa; honey mesquite.
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