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Definition of Prosopis
1. Noun. Genus of tropical or subtropical branching shrubs or trees: mesquite.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Mimosoideae, Subfamily Mimosoideae
Member holonyms: Mesquit, Mesquite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prosopis
Literary usage of Prosopis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Indicators: The Relation of Plant Communities to Process and Practice by Frederic Edward Clements (1920)
"LARREA-prosopis FORMATION. Nature.—The desert scrub, or mesquite, resembles
sagebrush and chaparral in both appearance and character. As the name indicates, ..."
2. The Topography of the Chlorophyll Apparatus in Desert Plants by William Austin Cannon (1908)
"Leaves are formed in the spring and are shed in the autumn with a regularity
characteristic of deciduous trees of more humid regions. FIG. 12.—prosopis ..."
3. Guide to the Materials for American History in Roman and Other Italian Archives by Carl Russell Fish (1911)
"... although plugged ducts were seen also at some distance away from the point of
haustorial attachment. (Fig. 5, plate 4.) prosopis VELUTINA. ..."
4. A Botanical Materia Medica: Consisting of the Generic and Specific by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"406. Murr. ii. 403. Oil of Ben. Neum. ii. 65. 424. prosopis. ... prosopis spicigera.
Leaves conjugate ; pinna- tions ..."
5. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1877)
"... prosopis Le Conte (Fig. Зо). As it is liable to attack the pea or bean in
Colorado and the Western Territories, I add a description and figure of it. ..."
6. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"(Robinia, Gleditsia, prosopis.) The name Locust applies to species of three
distinct genera, all of which belong to the family ..."
7. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"Flowers small, regular; calyx campanulate; stamens much exserted 1. prosopis.
Flowers medium-sized, the upper petal larger; calyx with stipe-like tube; ..."
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