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Noun: mesquite  me'skeet
  1. 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
    - mesquit

Derived forms: mesquites

Type of: bush, shrub

Part of: genus Prosopis, Prosopis

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