Phrase Hound found 34 phrases and 1 compound words that contain mesquite. The most common are listed below. Open mesquite in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 34
- honey mesquiteNeltuma glandulosa, a thorny shrub or tree in the legume family Fabaceae.
- mesquite beanThe pod or seed of the mesquite.
- curly mesquiteHilaria, a genus of North American plants in the grass family.
- mesquite bushAny of several spiny, deep-rooted shrubs or small trees in the genus Prosopis (primarily, Neltuma glandulosa).
- mesquite flourA gluten-free flour made by drying and grinding the sweet pods of the mesquite tree.
- mesquite gumA natural exudate obtained from the mesquite tree, primarily from its bark or pods in arid regions, and used as a sweetener, thickener, adhesive, and in medicine.
- mesquite lizardSceloporus grammicus, a species of lizard from Mexico and the southern United States.
- mesquite mousePeromyscus merriami, a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
- mock mesquiteCalliandra eriophylla, a shrub of the Southwest United States and Mexico.
- vine mesquiteHopia obtusa, a species of grass, whose range extends from the Southwestern United States to central Mexico.
- mesquite mistletoePhoradendron californicum, a hemiparasitic plant native to southern California, Nevada, Arizona, Sonora, Sinaloa and Baja California.
- mesquite stinger mothNorape tener, a species of moth in the family Megalopygidae.
- mesquite looper mothFrederickia cyda, a species of moth in the family Geometridae, found in Central America and North America.
- mesquite gall midgeAsphondylia prosopidis, a species of gall midges in the family Cecidomyiidae.
- mesquite webworm mothFriseria cockerelli, a moth of the family Gelechiidae.
- screwbean mesquiteSynonym of screwbean: Prosopis pubescens, a flowering shrub or small tree in the pea family, native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
- giant mesquite bugThasus neocalifornicus, an insect of the order Hemiptera, that feeds on mesquite trees of the American Southwest and Northwestern Mexico.
- false mesquiteSynonym of mock mesquite: Calliandra eriophylla, a shrub of the Southwest United States and Mexico.
- mesquite beansplural of mesquite bean: The pod or seed of the mesquite.
- mesquite bushesplural of mesquite bush: Any of several spiny, deep-rooted shrubs or small trees in the genus Prosopis (primarily, Neltuma glandulosa).
- mesquite grassCertain pasture grasses commonly found growing alongside mesquite trees, specifically Bouteloua oligostachya.
- mesquite grassesplural of mesquite grass: Certain pasture grasses commonly found growing alongside mesquite trees, specifically Bouteloua oligostachya.
- mesquite miceplural of mesquite mouse: Peromyscus merriami, a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
- mesquite gumsplural of mesquite gum: A natural exudate obtained from the mesquite tree, primarily from its bark or pods in arid regions, and used as a sweetener, thickener, adhesive, and in medicine.
- mesquite lizardsplural of mesquite lizard: Sceloporus grammicus, a species of lizard from Mexico and the southern United States.
Compound words 1
- mesquitellaSynonym of fairy duster: Any of species Calliandra eriophylla of shrubs of the southwestern US and Mexico.