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honey mesquite

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honey mesquite
n.
See mesquite.

[From the high sugar content of its pods.]

honey mesquite
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for mesquite
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Noun1.honey mesquitehoney mesquite - 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
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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