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honey mesquite
(encz) | honey mesquite, n: |
Honey mesquite
(gcide) | Mesquite \Mes*qui"te\ (m[e^]s*k[=e]"t[asl]), Mesquit \Mes*quit"\
(m[e^]s*k[=e]t"), n. [Sp. mezquite; said to be a Mexican
Indian word.] (Bot.)
Aany of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the
southwestern part of North America belonging to the genus
Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical
spikes followed by large sugar-rich pods, especially the
honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
Honey mesquite. See Algaroba
(b) .
Screw-pod mesquite, a smaller tree (Prosopis pubescens),
having spiral pods used as fodder and sometimes as food by
the Indians.
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.
[1913 Webster] |
honey mesquite
(wn) | honey mesquite
n 1: 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 [syn: honey mesquite, {Western honey
mesquite}, Prosopis glandulosa] |
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Honey mesquite
(gcide) | Mesquite \Mes*qui"te\ (m[e^]s*k[=e]"t[asl]), Mesquit \Mes*quit"\
(m[e^]s*k[=e]t"), n. [Sp. mezquite; said to be a Mexican
Indian word.] (Bot.)
Aany of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the
southwestern part of North America belonging to the genus
Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical
spikes followed by large sugar-rich pods, especially the
honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
Honey mesquite. See Algaroba
(b) .
Screw-pod mesquite, a smaller tree (Prosopis pubescens),
having spiral pods used as fodder and sometimes as food by
the Indians.
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.
[1913 Webster] |
western honey mesquite
(wn) | Western honey mesquite
n 1: 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 [syn: honey mesquite, {Western honey
mesquite}, Prosopis glandulosa] |
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