| NOUN | plant | mesquite, mesquit | 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 |
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| Sounds | meh'skiy.t | |
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| Rhymes | aesthete ... worksheet: 76 rhymes with iyt... | |
| 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. | |
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| Synonym | mesquit | |
| 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 | |
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