mesquite

mesquite
a) Any of several deciduous trees, of the genus Prosopis, found in North America and used as forage.
b) The wood of these trees, used for smoking food.

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  • Mesquite — Mesquite, NV U.S. city in Nevada Population (2000): 9389 Housing Units (2000): 4442 Land area (2000): 15.309435 sq. miles (39.651253 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.335395 sq. miles (0.868670 sq. km) Total area (2000): 15.644830 sq. miles (40.519923 …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Mesquite — Mes*qui te (m[e^]s*k[=e] t[asl]), Mesquit Mes*quit (m[e^]s*k[=e]t ), n. [Sp. mezquite; said to be a Mexican Indian word.] (Bot.) Aany of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the southwestern part of North America belonging to the genus… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mesquite — bezeichnet: Mesquiten, ein Pflanzengattung (Prosopis) Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Mesquite (Kalifornien) Mesquite (Nevada) Mesquite (New Mexico) Mesquite (Borden County, Texas) Mesquite (Dallas County, Texas) Sonstiges: Mesquitewein, einen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Mesquite, NM — U.S. Census Designated Place in New Mexico Population (2000): 948 Housing Units (2000): 276 Land area (2000): 0.825660 sq. miles (2.138450 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.825660 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Mesquite, NV — U.S. city in Nevada Population (2000): 9389 Housing Units (2000): 4442 Land area (2000): 15.309435 sq. miles (39.651253 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.335395 sq. miles (0.868670 sq. km) Total area (2000): 15.644830 sq. miles (40.519923 sq. km) FIPS …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Mesquite, TX — U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 124523 Housing Units (2000): 46245 Land area (2000): 43.415940 sq. miles (112.446764 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.048415 sq. miles (0.125395 sq. km) Total area (2000): 43.464355 sq. miles (112.572159 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • mesquite — type of North American shrub of the pea family, 1759, from Mexican Spanish mezquite, from Nahuatl (Aztec) mizquitl mesquite …   Etymology dictionary

  • mesquite — sustantivo masculino 1. Origen: México, Nicaragua. Mezquite. mezquite o mesquite sustantivo masculino 1. Origen …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • Mesquite — [me skēt′] [after the mesquite trees found there] city in NE Tex.: suburb of Dallas: pop. 125,000 …   English World dictionary

  • mesquite — mesquite. m. Méx. mezquite …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • mesquite — m. Méx. mezquite …   Diccionario de la lengua española

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