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Meanings of mesquite in inglês

português
mesquite
espanhol
mezquita

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.

mesquite
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Examples for "mesquit"
Examples for "mesquit"
1
Then he lay down in a dense mesquit thicket and waited for his foe.
Bucky O'Connor: A Tale of the Unfenced Border
2
They found themselves treading short dead mesquit that did not greatly obstruct their progress.
Lahoma
3
Chaparral, mesquit, and pear were distributed in just proportions.
Roads of Destiny
4
They stood on one leg, chewed mesquit twigs and circumlocuted, for they hated to hurt his feelings.
Roads of Destiny
5
Yesterday it had slept unborn in a nook of the sand-hills, the abiding-place of cat's-claw, mesquit, and flickering lizards.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908
Usage of mesquite in inglês
1
Above all, it is the land of the creosote and the mesquite.
The Land of Little Rain
2
The children snuggled under the feathery shadow of the mesquite beside him.
The Trail Book
3
The packs were slipped, securely tied and hidden in a mesquite clump.
Desert Gold
4
The young fellow swung his horse expertly and cantered into the mesquite.
A Man Four-Square
5
Not a mesquite twig snapped under his body; not a pebble rattled.
Kid Wolf of Texas / A Western Story
6
A man crept forward from the mesquite and disappeared inside the house.
Oh, You Tex!
7
Our horses were Kentucky-bred, strengthened by the mesquite grass of the west.
Whirligigs
8
The mesquite was still full of stragglers dashing wildly here and there.
The Pony Rider Boys in Texas; Or, The Veiled Riddle of the Plain...
9
Suddenly he burst out of a line of mesquite into the road.
The Lone Star Ranger: A Romance of the Border
10
Ned, having picked himself out of the mesquite bush, was limping back.
The Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers; Or, On the Trail of ...
11
He stirred the few sticks of mesquite into a last flickering blaze.
The Lone Star Ranger: A Romance of the Border
12
Some one was snoring on the other side of a mesquite thicket.
Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ...
13
Through the mesquite they rode, slackening speed for neither gullies nor barrancas.
A Man Four-Square
14
He plunged into the curly mesquite, driving forward straight as an arrow.
Oh, You Tex!
15
We cross and re-cross many times, through thickets of willow and mesquite.
The Grand Canyon of Arizona: How to See It
16
All day he pushed through cactus and mesquite heavy with gray dust.
Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ...
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Translations for mesquite
português
mesquite
espanhol
mezquita
Mesquite through the time
Mesquite across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common