mesquit (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *mesquit*:
NOUN	plant	mesquit, 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

English > *mesquit*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	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.
Synonym	mesquite
Member of	Prosopis, genus Prosopis	genus of tropical or subtropical branching shrubs or trees
Narrower	algarroba, Prosopis juliflora, Prosopis juliiflora	mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean Islands from Mexico to Venezuela
	honey mesquite, Western honey mesquite, Prosopis glandulosa	thorny deep-rooted drought-resistant shrub native to southwestern United States and Mexico bearing pods rich in sugar and important as livestock feed
	screw bean, screwbean, tornillo, screwbean mesquite, Prosopis pubescens	shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods
Broader	shrub, bush	A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
Spanish	mesquit, mezquita, mezquite

HyperDic: mesquit