Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mesquite
1 sense of mesquite
Sense 1
mesquite, mesquit -- (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)
=> shrub, bush -- (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)