noun
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
• Syn: ↑mesquite
• Hyponyms:
↑honey mesquite, ↑Western honey mesquite, ↑Prosopis glandulosa, ↑algarroba, ↑Prosopis juliflora, ↑Prosopis juliiflora, ↑screw bean, ↑screwbean, ↑tornillo, ↑screwbean mesquite, ↑Prosopis pubescens
• Member Holonyms: ↑Prosopis, ↑genus Prosopis
Useful english dictionary. 2012.