honey mesquite en · NOUN
Meanings
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Neltuma glandulosa, a thorny shrub or tree in the legume family Fabaceae.
These habitats were most evident on the Iberian Peninsula where, by 15 million years ago, members of the thorn-rose genus (Neurada), esparto grass, honey mesquite and nitre bush (Nitraria) flourished in arid shrublands.
2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 97:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| honey mesquites | Number=Plur | lexicographic |