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honey mesquite

honey mesquite noun: neltuma glandulosa, a thorny shrub or tree in the legume family Fabaceae.

Noun

honey mesquite (plural honey mesquites)

  1. Neltuma glandulosa, a thorny shrub or tree in the legume family Fabaceae.
    • These habitats were most evident on the Iberian Peninsula where, by 15 million years ago, members of the thorn-rose genus (Neurada), esparto grass, honey mesquite and nitre bush (Nitraria) flourished in arid shrublands.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 97

Forms of honey mesquite

pluralhoney mesquites

Questions about honey mesquite

What does honey mesquite mean?
Honey mesquite means neltuma glandulosa, a thorny shrub or tree in the legume family Fabaceae.
What part of speech is honey mesquite?
Honey mesquite is a noun.
What is the plural of honey mesquite?
The plural of honey mesquite is honey mesquites.

Words near honey mesquite in the dictionary

  1. honey locusts
  2. honey lotus
  3. honey lotuses
  4. honey mark
  5. honey marks
  6. honey mesquite
  7. honey mesquites
  8. honey moon
  9. honey moons
  10. honey mushroom
  11. honey mushrooms

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