mesquite
英 ['meskiːt; me'skiːt]
- n. 豆科灌木（产于美国西南部和墨西哥）
英英释义
- 1. 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
中文词源
mesquite 牧豆树
一种北美地区用以制木炭的灌木。来自西班牙语mezquite,来自当地土著语言mizquitl.
英文词源
- mesquite (n.)
- type of North American shrub of the pea family, 1759, from Mexican Spanish mezquite, from Nahuatl (Aztecan) mizquitl "mesquite."