<botany> A name for two trees of the southwestern part of North America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite. ... Screw-pod mesquite, a smaller tree (Prosopis pubescens), having spiral pods used as fodder and sometimes as food by the Indians. Mesquite grass, a rich native grass in Western Texas (Bouteloua oligostachya, and other specie... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973