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Bouteloua oligostachya 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.
Bouteloua oligostachya Grama grass Gra"ma grass` [Sp. grama a sort of grass.] (Bot.)
The name of several kinds of pasture grasses found in the
Western United States, esp. the Bouteloua oligostachya.
Phryma Leptostachya Lopseed Lop"seed`, n. (Bot.)
A perennial herb (Phryma Leptostachya), having slender
seedlike fruits.
