How do you pronounce Mesquite?
What does Misquite mean?
(Entry 1 of 2) : any of several spiny leguminous trees or shrubs (genus Prosopis and especially P. glandulosa) chiefly of the southwestern U.S. that often form extensive thickets and have sweet pods eaten by livestock also : the wood of the mesquite used especially in grilling food.
Is Mesquite a proper noun?
Mesquite (proper noun)
Where does the word Mesquite come from?
Etymology. The English word mesquite is borrowed from the Spanish word mezquite, which in turn was borrowed from the Nāhuatl term mizquitl.