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Definition of Genus prosopis

1. Noun. Genus of tropical or subtropical branching shrubs or trees: mesquite.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Prosopis

Literary usage of Genus prosopis

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

1. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Entomological Section (1901)
"While the bees of the genus Prosopis are widely distributed, comparatively few species occur in any one locality. In New Mexico there have been described P. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"... Mexican Homoptera and the beginning of descriptions of new species of bees of the genus Prosopis (or Prosapia, as the author prefers), by TDA Cockerell. ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"The flowers are especially attractive to small bees of the genus Prosopis. These bees, which have an aromatic odor, are coal black, marked with yellow. ..."

4. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"Sixteen or more species belong to this genus, Prosopis, of which one other, the screw-pod mesquite (Prosopis odorata), is found in the United States. ..."

5. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1900)
"... BA I have included this species in the ubiquitous genus Prosopis with some hesitation, because in nearly all its characters it might quite well be ..."

6. An Introduction to Entomology, Or Elements of the Natural History of Insects by William Kirby, William Spence (1826)
"... and the various species of the genus Prosopis (Melitta * bk) have a very agreeable scent of Dracocephalum ..."

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