western honey mesquite

western honey mesquite

n.

See mesquite.

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[From the high sugar content of its pods.]

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Western honey 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 honey mesquite, Prosopis glandulosa 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