mesquite
pronunciation
How to pronounce mesquite in British English:
UK [meˈski:t]
How to pronounce mesquite in American English:
US [me'skit]
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- Noun:
- any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large sugar-rich pods
Word Origin
- mesquite (n.)
- type of North American shrub of the pea family, 1759, from Mexican Spanish mezquite, from Nahuatl (Aztecan) mizquitl "mesquite."