genus Prosopis

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genus Prosopis - genus of tropical or subtropical branching shrubs or trees: mesquiteProsopisrosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plantsMimosoideae, subfamily Mimosoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceaemesquit, mesquite - 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