Definition of Mesquite grass. Meaning of Mesquite grass. Synonyms of Mesquite grass

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Definition of Mesquite grass

Mesquite grass
Mesquite Mes*qui"te, Mesquit Mes*quit", n. [Sp. mezquite; said to be a Mexican Indian word.] (Bot.) A name for two trees of the southwestern part of North America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite. Honey mesquite. See Algaroba (b) . Screw-pod mesquite, a smaller tree (Prosopis pubescens), having spiral pods used as fodder and sometimes as food by the Indians. Mesquite grass, a rich native grass in Western Texas (Bouteloua oligostachya, and other species); -- so called from its growing in company with the mesquite tree; -- called also muskit grass, grama grass.

Meaning of Mesquite grass from wikipedia

- Mesquite is a common name for some plants in the genera Neltuma and Strombocarpa, which contain over 50 species of spiny, deep-rooted leguminous shrubs...
- St.John – lau 'ehu (endemic to Hawai'i) Pani**** obtusum ****h – vine mesquite gr**** (North America) (possible synonym of Hopia obtusa) Pani**** pygmaeum...
- until spring, when the gr**** had begun to grow again. They overlooked the fact that mesquite gr**** sprouted earlier than normal gr****. Travis had also ****umed...
- po****r since the 1980s. Though the other two, blue grama and curly mesquite gr**** (Hilaria belangeri) are occasionally used. All female cultivars are...
- seasons, they rely on the water contained within cactus fruits and mesquite gr****. To maintain sufficient water, they reabsorb water in their bladders...
- genus of North American plants in the gr**** family. Members of the genus are commonly known as curly mesquite. They are found in the Southwestern United...
- spp.) and curly mesquite gr**** (Hilaria belangeri). In some places dense stands of Texas prickly pear occur instead of shrubs and gr****es. Canopy species...
- nymphoides Renvoize Pani**** obseptum Trin. Pani**** obtusum ****h – vine mesquite gr**** Pani**** oligosanthes Schult. Pani**** olyroides ****h Pani**** omega Renvoize...
- species of gr**** known by the common name curly mesquite, sometimes written curlymesquite or curly-mesquite. It is not related to mesquites, which are...
- ground to support an unbroken herbaceous layer consisting primarily of gr****es. Four savanna forms exist; savanna woodland where trees and shrubs form...