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"Mesquite" Definition

noun

Any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis in the pea family, native to hot, dry regions of the New World and important as plants for bees and forage for cattle, especially:.
P. glandulosa, native to the southwest United States and northern Mexico. Also called honey mesquite, western honey mesquite.
P. juliflora, native to the Gulf Coast and Caribbean islands from Mexico to Venezuela. Also called algarroba.
Any of several spiny leguminous trees or shrubs (genus and especially ) chiefly of the southwestern United States that often form extensive thickets and have sweet pods eaten by livestock.
The wood of the mesquite used especially in grilling food.

geographical name

City Texas of Dallas 124,523.

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