Local English word record

honey mesquite

noun · 1 sense

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

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western honey mesquite, prosopis glandulosa

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