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mesquite

1
or mes·quit

[ me-skeet, mes-keet ]

noun

  1. any of several usually spiny trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Prosopis, of the legume family, as P. juliflora or P. glandulosa, of western North America, having bipinnate leaves and beanlike pods and often forming dense thickets.
  2. the wood of such a tree or shrub, used especially in grilling or barbecuing food.
  3. any of various similar or related plants.


Mesquite

2

[ me-skeet, mi- ]

noun

  1. a city in NE Texas, E of Dallas.

mesquite

/ mɛˈskiːt; ˈmɛskiːt /

noun

  1. any small leguminous tree of the genus Prosopis, esp the tropical American P. juliflora, whose sugary pods ( mesquite beans ) are used as animal fodder Also calledalgarrobahoney locusthoney mesquite
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mesquite1

1830–40, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish mezquite < Nahuatl mizquitl
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mesquite1

C19: from Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl mizquitl
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Example Sentences

The PGA Tour’s leader in driving distance, DeChambeau will test his mettle against big-bopping specialists at the Professional Long Drivers Association World Championship in Mesquite, Nev.

The singed ruffles on the gem lettuce are thanks to their pass over burning apple wood and mesquite in a mesh wire pan.

Mistletoes on mesquite trees in central Mexico have been linked to a greater abundance of tropical bird species.

“The media really started to pay attention when someone died in 2011,” said Kenny Fritch, a 28-year-old from Mesquite, Texas.

Its handle, she notes, was made from a mesquite tree in her back yard.

ST: At my house, cooked on my Big Green Egg over lump charcoal and mesquite.

Bowser also volunteered as an assistant coach for the West Mesquite High School football team from 2007 and 2008.

Suddenly, in the darkness, rider and pony crashed into a dense mesquite thicket.

The mesquite was still full of stragglers dashing wildly here and there.

Once a plunging steer hit the lad a glancing blow with its great side, hurling him into a thicket of bristling mesquite.

Its possession made life warmer; and it was good to see it lying in front of her open fire of mesquite roots.

One afternoon, while they were riding through a dense mesquite flat, they came upon a patch of open hog-wallow prairie.

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