Mesquite

n. any of several trees or shrubs that produce a sugary pod which is used as fodder for livestock; wood of the mesquite tree that is used in the preparation of smoked meats

Mesquite (from Nahuatl mizquitl) is a leguminous plant of the Prosopis genus found in Northern Mexico and the United States from the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas up to southwestern Kansas and from southeastern California and southwestern Utah to the southern limits of the Sonoran desert. Mesquite trees are also found in the Chihuahuan Desert of Mexico.
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Noun
1. any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large sugar-rich pods
(synonym) mesquit
(hypernym) shrub, bush
(hyponym) honey mesquite, Western honey mesquite, Prosopis glandulosa
(member-holonym) Prosopis, genus Prosopis

(n.)
Alt. of Mesquit
  

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