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mesquite

mes·quite
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [me-skeet, mes-keet]
    • /mɛˈskit, ˈmɛs kit/
    • /me.ˈskiːt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [me-skeet, mes-keet]
    • /mɛˈskit, ˈmɛs kit/

Definitions of mesquite word

  • noun mesquite a city in NE Texas, E of Dallas. 1
  • noun mesquite A spiny tree or shrub of the pea family, native to arid regions of southwestern US and Mexico. It yields useful timber, tanbark, medicinal products, and edible pods. The timber is used for fencing and flooring, and burned in barbecues as flavoring. 1
  • noun mesquite desert shrub 1
  • noun mesquite any small leguminous tree of the genus Prosopis, esp the tropical American P. juliflora, whose sugary pods (mesquite beans) are used as animal fodder 0
  • noun mesquite city in NE Tex.: suburb of Dallas: pop. 125,000 0
  • noun mesquite any of several thorny trees or shrubs (genus Prosopis) of the mimosa family, common in the SW U.S. and in Mexico, including the screw bean: the sugary, beanlike, edible pods are used as fodder 0
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Origin of mesquite

First appearance:

before 1830
One of the 36% newest English words
1830-40, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish mezquite < Nahuatl mizquitl

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Parts of speech for Mesquite

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mesquite popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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    a shrub, Sarcobatus vermiculatus, of the amaranth family, growing in alkaline regions of the western U.S., containing a small amount of oil.

  • honey mesquite

    a thorny drought-resistant tree, Prosopis glandulosa, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers.

  • legume family

    the large plant family Leguminosae (or Fabaceae), typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, trees, and vines having usually compound leaves, clusters of irregular, keeled flowers, and fruit in the form of a pod splitting along both sides, and including beans, peas, acacia, alfalfa, clover, indigo, lentil, mesquite, mimosa, and peanut.

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