MESQUITE

Mesquite

Mesquite is a leguminous plant of the Prosopis genus found in northern Mexico through the Sonoran Desert and Chihuahuan Deserts, and up into the Southwestern United States as far north as southern Kansas, west to the Colorado Desert in California, and east to the eastern fifth of Texas, where average annual rainfall is in excess of . Several species are found in arid to semi-arid regions of southern and western South America.

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mesquite

Noun

  1. Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Prosopis found in North America, and used as forage, which have long, beige seed/bean pods which may be dried and ground into a sweet, nutty flour.
  2. The wood of these trees, used for smoking food, or charcoal made from this wood.
  3. Country or land dominated by mesquite trees.


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