mesquite

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 (synset 111785746)
   is a type of: bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
   subtypes:

   • honey mesquite, prosopis glandulosa, western honey mesquite - 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
   • algarroba, prosopis juliflora, prosopis juliiflora - mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean Islands from Mexico to Venezuela
   • prosopis pubescens, screw bean, screwbean, screwbean mesquite, tornillo - shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods
   belongs to: genus prosopis, prosopis - genus of tropical or subtropical branching shrubs or trees: mesquite
   same as: mesquit

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