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Definition of Prosopis glandulosa
1. Noun. Thorny deep-rooted drought-resistant shrub native to southwestern United States and Mexico bearing pods rich in sugar and important as livestock feed; tends to form extensive thickets.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prosopis Glandulosa
Literary usage of Prosopis glandulosa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1898)
"Besides the following, 2 or 3 others occur in the southwestern United States. i.
prosopis glandulosa Torr. Prairie Mesquite. (Fig. prosopis glandulosa Torr ..."
2. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"Woody plant invasion of grasslands: establishment of honey mesquite (Prosopis
glandulosa var. glandulosa} on sites differing in herbaceous biomass and ..."
3. Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to by William Hemsley Emory (1848)
"prosopis glandulosa, wild sage, and ephedra compose the growth; ... We tied our
animals to the mezquite trees, f prosopis glandulosa,) and remarking on the ..."