mesquite

Meaning

Noun

• Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Prosopis found in North America, and used as forage, which have long, beige seed/bean pods which may be dried and ground into a sweet, nutty flour.
• The wood of these trees, used for smoking food, or charcoal made from this wood.
• Country or land dominated by mesquite trees.

Origin

• Borrowed from Spanish mezquite, mizquite, from Nahuatl mizquitl.