#mesquite__mesquit  any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large sugar-rich pods
  supertype:  #shrub__bush  a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches
  member of:  #genus_Prosopis
  subtype:  #Western_honey_mesquite__honey_mesquite__honeymesquite__Prosopis_glandulosa  thorny deep-rooted drought-resistant shrub native to southwestern United States and Mexico bearing pods rich in sugar and important as livestock feed; tends to form extensive thickets
  subtype:  #Prosopis_juliflora__algarroba__Prosopis_juliiflora  mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean islands from Mexico to Venezuela
  subtype:  #screwbean__screw_bean__screwbean__tornillo__screwbean_mesquite__screwbeanmesquite__Prosopis_pubescens  shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods

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