Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

honey mesquite

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.72 in modern English

Syllables: hon-ey mesquite
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Neltuma glandulosa, a thorny shrub or tree in the legume family Fabaceae.

Example Sentences

"These habitats were most evident on the Iberian Peninsula where, by 15 million years ago, members of the thorn-rose genus (Neurada), esparto grass, honey mesquite and nitre bush (Nitraria) flourished in arid shrublands."

Inflected Forms

honey mesquites (plural)

Synonyms

western honey mesquite prosopis glandulosa

Questions

What does honey mesquite mean?: Neltuma glandulosa, a thorny shrub or tree in the legume family Fabaceae.

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