HONEY MESQUITE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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 thickets

Synonyms:

honey mesquite; Prosopis glandulosa; Western honey mesquite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("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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