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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.

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mesquite

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mesquite

IPA(Pronunciation)

/mɛsˈkiːt/

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.

Japanese Meaning

メスキート：北米原産の落葉樹の一群で、種類によっては飼料として利用され、長いベージュ色の豆状の莢を持つ。これらの莢は乾燥させ、挽いて甘く、ナッツのような風味の粉に加工されることがある。

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The rancher trimmed the mesquite to feed his goats during the dry season.

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牧場主は乾季にヤギの餌にするため、プロソピス属の木を刈り込んだ。

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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.

[…] and no botanist could for a moment fail to recognize this fact, especially as just beyond its banks there is growing on every hand the mesquite, the everywhere-present species of the Lower Sonoran zone.

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