mesquite

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IPA（発音記号）

/mɛsˈkiːt/

名詞

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

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意味（1）

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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意味（2）

The wood of these trees, used for smoking food, or charcoal made from this wood.

意味（3）

Country or land dominated by mesquite trees.

Tucson is situated in beautiful mesquite riverbed country, overlooked by the snowy Catalina range.

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mesquites （ plural ）