Honey mesquite
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Neltuma glandulosa, a thorny shrub or tree in the legume family Fabaceae.
"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."
- 2 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 wordnet
Example
More examples"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."