Honey mesquite

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

honey mesquite
    n 1: 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 [syn: {honey mesquite}, {Western honey
         mesquite}, {Prosopis glandulosa}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Mesquite \Mes*qui"te\ (m[e^]s*k[=e]"t[asl]), Mesquit \Mes*quit"\
   (m[e^]s*k[=e]t"), n. [Sp. mezquite; said to be a Mexican
   Indian word.] (Bot.)
   Aany of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the
   southwestern part of North America belonging to the genus
   {Prosopis} having small flowers in axillary cylindrical
   spikes followed by large sugar-rich pods, especially the
   {honey mesquite}, and {screw-pod mesquite}.
   [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

   {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}.
      [1913 Webster]