Library / English Dictionary

    WESTERN HONEY MESQUITE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Thorny deep-rooted drought-resistant shrub native to southwestern United States and Mexico bearing pods rich in sugar and important as livestock feed; tends to form extensive thicketsplay

    Synonyms:

    honey mesquite; Prosopis glandulosa; Western honey mesquite

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Western honey mesquite" 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)

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