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mesquite
/ˈmɛˌskit/
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What does mesquite mean?
noun
- Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Prosopis found in America, and used as forage, which have long, beige seed and bean pods which may be dried and ground into a sweet, nutty flour.
- The wood of these trees, used for smoking food, or charcoal made from this wood.
- Country or land dominated by mesquite trees.
More meanings (5)
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Imperial County, California.
- A city in Clark County, Nevada.
- A census-designated place in New Mexico.
- A city in Dallas County and Kaufman County, Texas; a suburb of Dallas.
- A ghost town in Borden County, Texas.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmɛˌskit/
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It consists of live oak, pinion, mesquite, desert willow, greasewood, sage brush, palmilla, maguey, yucca and cacti and is mostly evergreen.
Mesquite grass and strawberries seem to be the only crops that will live, and they do not do at all well.
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Examples of such vegetation are the native cedars found throughout the Great Basin region and the mesquite tree in Arizona and the Southwest.
In one spot I kept catching glimpses through the mesquite trees of lilac stretches which I had first thought must be ponds of water.
Yet the mesquite has entered into the social, economic, and aesthetic life of the land; it has made history and has been painted by artists.