| NOUN | plant | Prosopis glandulosa, honey mesquite, Western honey mesquite | thorny deep-rooted drought-resistant shrub native to southwestern United States and Mexico bearing pods rich in sugar and important as livestock feed |
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| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | honey mesquite, Western honey mesquite | |
| Broader | 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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