Definition of Mesquites

1. Noun. (plural of mesquite) ¹

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Definition of Mesquites

1. mesquite [n] - See also: mesquite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesquites

mesoxerophyte
mesoxerophytes
mesozoa
mesozoan
mesozoans
mesozoic
mesprise
mesprises
mesprize
mesprizes
mesquin
mesquine
mesquit
mesquite
mesquite gum
mesquites
mesquits
mess-up
mess about
mess dress
mess hall
mess halls
mess jacket
mess jackets
mess kit
mess kits
mess of pottage
mess tent

Literary usage of Mesquites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"6 to 25 feet from the ground, generally in mesquites, pecans, oaks, or telegraph poles. Eggs: 4 to 7, white. Food. — Insects of various kinds, ..."

2. Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope by George Bishop Sudworth, United States..Forest Service. (1908)
"Mesquites. The mesquites form a group of small or medium-sized trees and shrubs, all of which inhabit subtropical or tropical countries, ..."

3. The Quirt and the Spur: Vanishing Shadows of the Texas Frontier by Edgar Rye (1909)
"... concealed themselves in the mesquites at the foot of the avenue near the river. About twenty yards before the trail dipped into the depression where the ..."

4. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 2/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"Mesquites.—Solls (1767) quoted by HE Bol- ton, inf'n, 1906. ... A tribe called Mesquites lived in 1757 across the Rio Grande at Villa de Santander. ..."

5. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1895)
"A few were met with in the mesquites about camp until about May 15, after which I think none were seen or heard. At the mission they were quite common and ..."

6. Desert Gold by Zane Grey (1913)
"he had covered another quarter of a mile before horses and raiders appeared upon the outskirts of the mesquites. Then Blanco Sol stopped. ..."

7. A Virginian Village, and Other Papers: Together with Some Autobiographical Notes by Ehrman Syme Nadal (1917)
"I did not see the cactus or the interminable mesquites looking like orchards. ... Beyond the mesquites which cover the country, there are only the ..."

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