PROSOPIS JULIFLORA

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Meaning:

Mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean Islands from Mexico to Venezuela

Synonyms:

algarroba; Prosopis juliflora; Prosopis juliiflora

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Prosopis juliflora" is a kind of...):

mesquit; mesquite (any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar)

Meronyms (parts of "Prosopis juliflora"):

algarobilla; algarroba; algarrobilla (mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing)

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