Mesquite Definition

mĕ-skēt, mə-
noun
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.
Webster's New World

The wood of these trees, used for smoking food, or charcoal made from this wood.

Wiktionary

Country or land dominated by mesquite trees.

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pronoun

A city (now a suburb of Dallas) in Texas.

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Other Word Forms of Mesquite

Noun

Singular:
mesquite
Plural:
mesquites

Origin of Mesquite

  • Spanish mezquite, mizquite, from Nahuatl mizquitl (“mesquite tree").

    From Wiktionary

  • Spanish mezquite from Nahuatl mizquitl

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Mesquite Sentence Examples

  • They were served a kind of pancake that Bordeaux said was made from ground Mesquite beans.

  • The mesquite grows some distance from water, and is especially common near the Colorado river.

  • This restaurant is part of a chain offering signature steaks specially seasoned and mesquite grilled to order.

  • Farther west two narrow belts of timber, consisting mostly of stunted post oak and black jack, and known as the Eastern and Western Cross Timbers, cross the prairies southward from the Red river, and a low growth of mesquite, other shrubs and vines are common in the eastern half of the Prairie Plains.

  • There is but little natural vegetation to be seen - ragged yucca trees, many species of agave and cactus, scrubby mesquite bushes, sage bushes and occasional clumps of coarse grasses.

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