Mesquite (disambiguation)
Appearance
Mesquite is a common name for several small leguminous trees in the genus Prosopis native to North American deserts. The dried fruit pods can be ground into an edible flour, the wood from mesquite is valued in woodworking, and the flavor of the burned wood is used in smoking food (as well as Mesquite Seasoning spice blends).
Mesquite may also refer to:
Biology
- Mesquite lizard
- Mesquite mouse
- Mesquite (software), an open-source software program for evolutionary biology
Places in the United States
- Mesquite, California
- Mesquite, Nevada
- Mesquite, New Mexico
- Mesquite, Texas, a suburb of Dallas
- Mesquite, Borden County, Texas, a former town
- Mesquite Creek, Arizona
- Mesquite Hills, California
- Mesquite Mountains, California
- Mesquite Solar project, Arizona