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Mesquit

noun

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.

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"Mesquit" Quotes from Famous Books

... most dauntless border police force carried law into the mesquit, saved the life of an innocent man after a series of thrilling adventures, followed a fugitive to Wyoming, and then passed through deadly peril ...

— The Harbor of Doubt • Frank Williams

... brought its wealth of fruit and flower to perfection. The cocoanut-palm, date-palm and orange orchards contrasted their rich foliage in the sunshine with the pineapple, banana and the rich soft turf of the mesquit-grass. The air was fragrant with magnolia and orange bloom, the gardens glittering with the burning beauty of tropical flower, jessamine thickets and voluptuous grape arbors, the golden wine-like sun pouring ...

— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XII, No. 28. July, 1873. • Various

Words linked to "Mesquit" : screw bean, shrub, Prosopis, Prosopis pubescens, Western honey mesquite, mesquite, Prosopis juliflora, bush, honey mesquite, algarroba, screwbean, screwbean mesquite, genus Prosopis, tornillo, Prosopis juliiflora, Prosopis glandulosa