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mesquitemore about mesquite

mesquite

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mesquite  \Mes*qui"te\,  Mesquit  \Mes*quit"\,  n.  [Sp.  mezquite; 
  said  to  be  a  Mexican  Indian  word.]  (Bot.) 
  A  name  for  two  trees  of  the  southwestern  part  of  North 
  America,  the  honey  mesquite,  and  screw-pod  mesquite. 
 
  {Honey  mesquite}.  See  {Algaroba} 
  b  . 
 
  {Screw-pod  mesquite},  a  smaller  tree  ({Prosopis  pubescens}), 
  having  spiral  pods  used  as  fodder  and  sometimes  as  food  by 
  the  Indians. 
 
  {Mesquite  grass},  a  rich  native  grass  in  Western  Texas 
  ({Bouteloua  oligostachya},  and  other  species);  --  so 
  called  from  its  growing  in  company  with  the  mesquite  tree; 
  --  called  also  {muskit  grass},  {grama  grass}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mesquite 
  n  :  any  of  several  small  spiny  trees  or  shrubs  of  the  genus 
  Prosopis  having  small  flowers  in  axillary  cylindrical 
  spikes  followed  by  large  sugar-rich  pods  [syn:  {mesquit}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Mesquite,  NM 
  Zip  code(s):  88048 
  Mesquite,  NV  (city,  FIPS  46000) 
  Location:  36.80232  N,  114.10722  W 
  Population  (1990):  1871  (684  housing  units) 
  Area:  37.9  sq  km  (land),  0.9  sq  km  (water) 
  Mesquite,  TX  (city,  FIPS  47892) 
  Location:  32.76900  N,  96.59980  W 
  Population  (1990):  101484  (39251  housing  units) 
  Area:  110.9  sq  km  (land),  0.1  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  75149,  75150,  75181,  75182




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