Lexicographical Neighbors of Mezquit
Literary usage of Mezquit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico by John Russell Bartlett (1854)
"... Sail Saba—Community of prairie dogs—Kickapoo Creek—Hints to future travellers—The
mezquit—Visit of Lipan Chiefs—Indian dexterity in mule catching—Regain ..."
2. A Concise History of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War. 1846-1847 by Daniel Tyler, John Taylor, Thomas Leiper Kane (1881)
"... two Wagon-boxes—Provisions Shipped in it—Fears for its Safety— Boating a
Failure—Cargo Left—Another Reduction in Rations—Feed on mezquit Seeds—Arrival ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"The fourth day's travel brought nothing new or specially interesting in the line
of the botanical; but the larger size of the mezquit trees, and the more ..."
4. The Resources of California: Comprising Agriculture, Mining, Geography by John Shertzer Hittell (1869)
"The tree bears numerous pods, from three to five inches long, full of sweet,
nourishing beans, about the size of the common white bean. The mezquit-bean is ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1903)
"The mezquit is a tree or shrub, in accordance with the favors nature bestows upon
it, ... Coulter describes the mezquit as a shrub or tree, often armed with ..."
6. Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey: Made Under the by United States Department of the Interior, William Hemsley Emory, Spencer Fullerton Baird, Charles Frederic Girard, Timothy Abbott Conrad, George Engelmann, James Hall, Charles Christopher Parry, Arthur Carl Victor Schott, John Torrey (1858)
"Here, as in similar situations elsewhere, the mezquit and the creosote bush are
... A species of misletoe is common upon the mezquit trees of this region. ..."
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