MESQUITE


Meaning of MESQUITE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mə-ˈskēt, me- ]

noun

Etymology: American Spanish, from Nahuatl mizquitl

Date: 1759

: any of several spiny leguminous trees or shrubs (genus Prosopis and especially P. glandulosa ) chiefly of the southwestern United States that often form extensive thickets and have sweet pods eaten by livestock ; also : the wood of the mesquite used especially in grilling food

[

mesquite: 1 flower and leaves, 2 pod

]

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