any of several leguminous trees producing pods with a sweet pulp; spec. (originally) the carob, Ceratonia siliqua, and (in later use) an algarroba of…

Any of several resinous shrubs and trees of the leguminous genus Prosopis (subfamily Mimosoideae), native to Central and South America; esp. P. juli…

= mesquite, n. 1a.

Any of various thorny, pinnate-leaved, thicket-forming trees and shrubs of the genus Prosopis (family Mimosaceae (Leguminosae)), characteristic of…

A genus of mostly spiny or prickly trees and shrubs of the family Fabaceae (Leguminosae), native to warm arid regions of America, Asia, and Africa…

a mesquite having pods coiled in a tight spiral, Prosopis pubescens (more fully screw-bean mesquite); (also) a pod of this plant, used for food…

the screw-bean mesquite, Prosopis pubescens; (also) the wood of this plant.

A tree, the screw-pod mesquite (Prosopis pubescens) of Texas, New Mexico, and California.

= algarroba, n.

A small evergreen tree, Prosopis tamarugo, of the family Leguminosæ, native to the salt deserts of northern Chile and used to provide fodder in…