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the desert tree that survives drought by drilling roots deeper than a 50-story building.
means A spiny, drought-hardy tree or shrub of the legume family native to arid regions of the Americas, prized for its dense wood used in smoky grilling and barbecue.
from From American Spanish mezquite, which borrowed the word from Nahuatl mizquitl, the name the Aztecs gave the tree. Spanish speakers in the Southwest carried it north, and English picked it up in the 1700s along with so much else from the borderlands' shared vocabulary.
- deep roots
- taproots reach over 160 feet underground
- smoke flavor
- its wood defines Texas barbecue's bold taste
- edible pods
- ground into sweet, protein-rich flour for centuries
- nitrogen fixer
- enriches barren soil like a legume
- invasive abroad
- chokes millions of acres across Africa and Australia
mesquite trees arizona — native to southwestern us deserts, produce sweet pods used for flour and syrup in native cuisines
mesquite texas city — city in dallas county, texas with population ~140,000, named after the abundant mesquite trees in the region
mesquite bbq smoking — mesquite wood burned in barbecue across texas and southwestern us, creates distinctive smoky flavor prized for grilling