- Mesquite bean
- Mesquite bean Mes*qui"te bean The pod or seed of the mesquite. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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Mesquite bean
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mesquite bean — noun an edible pod from the mesquite, used especially to produce flour or as fodder … English new terms dictionary
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Mesquite — For other uses, see Mesquite (disambiguation). Mesquite Mesquite (from Nahuatl mizquitl) is a leguminous plant of the Prosopis genus found in northern Mexico through the Sonoran Desert and Chihuahuan Deserts, and up into the Southwestern United… … Wikipedia
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Mesquite flour — is made from the dried and ground pods of the Mesquite. The tree grows throughout North America in arid climates. The flour made from the long, beige colored seed pods has a sweet, slightly nutty flavor and can be used in a wide variety of… … Wikipedia
mesquite — ☆ mesquite or mesquit [me skēt′, mes′kēt΄ ] n. [Sp mezquite < Nahuatl mizquitl] any of several thorny trees or shrubs (genus Prosopis) of the mimosa family, common in the SW U.S. and in Mexico, including the screw bean: the sugary, beanlike,… … English World dictionary
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mesquite — /mɛsˈkit/ (say mes keet), /ˈmɛskit/ (say meskeet) noun any of several south western US and Mexican trees and shrubs of the genus Prosopis, family Mimosaceae, of tropical and subtropical regions, having bean like pods rich in sugar and useful as… …
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