English Dictionary

mesquite

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.

日本語の意味

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。

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

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。

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.

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.

mesquites （ plural ）