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mesquite^¹

/mɛsˈkiːt/
/ˈmɛskiːt/

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Borrowed from Spanish mezquite, mizquite, from Nahuatl mizquitl (“the mesquite tree”).

noun mesquites · mesquit · mezquit · mezquite

Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Prosopis found in America, and used as forage, which have long, beige seed and bean pods which may be dried and ground into a sweet, nutty flour. Between these canyons the river has a low but rather narrow flood plain, with cottonwood groves scattered here and there, and a chaparral of mesquite bearing beans and thorns.
The wood of these trees, used for smoking food, or charcoal made from this wood.
Country or land dominated by mesquite trees. Tucson is situated in beautiful mesquite riverbed country, overlooked by the snowy Catalina range.

Mesquite^²

proper noun

An unincorporated community in Imperial County, California.
A city in Clark County, Nevada.
A census-designated place in New Mexico.
A city in Dallas County and Kaufman County, Texas; a suburb of Dallas.
A ghost town in Borden County, Texas.

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noun Prosopis

Español	mezquite
中文	豆科灌木 dòukē guànmù
Português	mesquite
Deutsch	Mesquite-Baum
Русский	мески́товое де́рево meskítovoje dérevo

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@misc{mesquite_2026,
  title = {mesquite},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mesquite},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}