HONEY MESQUITE
Dictionary entry overview: What does honey mesquite mean? • HONEY MESQUITE (noun)
The noun HONEY MESQUITE has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: HONEY MESQUITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HONEY MESQUITE (noun)
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
honey mesquite; Prosopis glandulosa; Western honey mesquite
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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