mesquit
English Thesaurus
1. 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 (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | bush, shrub, |
| definition | : | a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | honey mesquite, prosopis glandulosa, western honey mesquite, |
| definition | : | 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 thickets (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus prosopis, prosopis, |
| definition | : | genus of tropical or subtropical branching shrubs or trees: mesquite (noun.plant) |
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