英语词汇“mesquite tree”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Any of various thorny, pinnate-leaved, thicket-forming trees and shrubs of the genus Prosopis (family Mimosaceae ( Leguminosae)), characteristic of arid regions of Mexico and the south-western United States (also mesquite tree); esp. P. glandulosa (more fully honey mesquite) and P. pubescens (more fully screw-pod mesquite). Also: the wood of any of these trees. Cf. mizquitl n.

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1572 H. Hawkes in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) 547 Another tree which they call a Miskito: it beareth a fruite like vnto a peasecod marueilous sweete, which the wilde people gather and keepe it all the yeere, and eate it in steede of bread.]

1759 tr. M. Venegas Nat. & Civil Hist. Calif. I. 100 Their most usual device was to hold up in their hands some little tablets of wood made with great labour, for want of iron tools of mesquite.

1806 M. Lewis in Deb. Congr. U.S. (1852) 9th Congress 2 Sess., App. 1083 A bean that grows in great plenty on a small tree resembling a willow called masketo.

1838 ‘Texian’ Mexico v. Texas 70 Even where a tree appears it is sure to be a mesquite (Mimosa nilotica).

1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. i. 11 Here and there, are trees of acacia and mezquite—the denizens of the desert land.

1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 121 The Mesquite or Muskeet (Algarobia glandulosa), a bastard-locust.

1884 C. S. Sargent Rep. Forests N. Amer. 62 Prosopis pubescens... Screw-bean. Screw-Pod Mesquit.

1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny viii. 130 Near the store, scattered among the mesquits and elms, stood the saddled horses of the customers.

1953 V. Nabokov Let. 2 May in Sel. Lett. (1989) 136 The nearer mountains are maroon, spotted with the dark green of junipers and the lighter green of mesquites.

1986 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch 28 May 1 d/2 It's grilled over mesquite, which gives food a delicious flavor.

1992 T. McMillan Waiting to Exhale (1993) 77 She..found herself staring at the desert flowers and vegetation in her front yard:..organ pipes, purple and pink verbena..and mesquite trees.

单词	mesquite tree
释义	> as lemmas mesquite tree mesquite tree n. ΚΠ 1831 J. O. Pattie Personal Narr. Exped. from St. Louis 59 We found the river skirted with very wide bottoms, thick set with the musquito trees. 1894 Overland Monthly Nov. 548/2 The little scissor-tails..flitted about in the mesquit trees. 1991 S. Cisneros Woman Hollering Creek 18 There's also a gold crucifix bent crooked as a mesquite tree when someone once threw a bomb. extracted from mesquiten. mesquite tree a. Any of various thorny, pinnate-leaved, thicket-forming trees and shrubs of the genus Prosopis (family Mimosaceae ( Leguminosae)), characteristic of arid regions of Mexico and the south-western United States (also mesquite tree); esp. P. glandulosa (more fully honey mesquite) and P. pubescens (more fully screw-pod mesquite). Also: the wood of any of these trees. Cf. mizquitl n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > prosopis or mesquite cod tree1704 algarroba1717 mizquitl1753 mesquite1759 Prosopis1776 screw-bean1851 screw mesquite1853 tornillo1866 kiawe1915 tamarugo1972 1572 H. Hawkes in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) 547 Another tree which they call a Miskito: it beareth a fruite like vnto a peasecod marueilous sweete, which the wilde people gather and keepe it all the yeere, and eate it in steede of bread.] 1759 tr. M. Venegas Nat. & Civil Hist. Calif. I. 100 Their most usual device was to hold up in their hands some little tablets of wood made with great labour, for want of iron tools of mesquite. 1806 M. Lewis in Deb. Congr. U.S. (1852) 9th Congress 2 Sess., App. 1083 A bean that grows in great plenty on a small tree resembling a willow called masketo. 1838 ‘Texian’ Mexico v. Texas 70 Even where a tree appears it is sure to be a mesquite (Mimosa nilotica). 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. i. 11 Here and there, are trees of acacia and mezquite—the denizens of the desert land. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 121 The Mesquite or Muskeet (Algarobia glandulosa), a bastard-locust. 1884 C. S. Sargent Rep. Forests N. Amer. 62 Prosopis pubescens... Screw-bean. Screw-Pod Mesquit. 1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny viii. 130 Near the store, scattered among the mesquits and elms, stood the saddled horses of the customers. 1953 V. Nabokov Let. 2 May in Sel. Lett. (1989) 136 The nearer mountains are maroon, spotted with the dark green of junipers and the lighter green of mesquites. 1986 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch 28 May 1 d/2 It's grilled over mesquite, which gives food a delicious flavor. 1992 T. McMillan Waiting to Exhale (1993) 77 She..found herself staring at the desert flowers and vegetation in her front yard:..organ pipes, purple and pink verbena..and mesquite trees. extracted from mesquiten. < as lemmas
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