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Definitions for Mesquite
[1] any of several usually spiny trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Prosopis, of the legume family, as P. juliflora or P. glandulosa, of western North America, having bipinnate leaves and beanlike pods and often forming dense thickets.
[2] the wood of such a tree or shrub, used especially in grilling or barbecuing food.
[3] any of various similar or related plants.
[4] a city in NE Texas, E of Dallas.
[5] any small leguminous tree of the genus Prosopis, esp the tropical American P. juliflora, whose sugary pods (mesquite beans ) are used as animal fodder Also called: algarroba , honey locust , honey mesquite
Words nearby Mesquite
mesotron, mesovarium, mesozoa, mesozoan, mesozoic, mesquite, mess, mess about, mess around, mess call, mess gear
Origin of Mesquite
1830–40, Americanism ; < Mexican Spanish mezquite < Nahuatl mizquitl
Word origin for Mesquite
C19: from Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl mizquitl