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There are three different kinds of Mesquite trees, the Honey Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa), Screwbean Mesquite (Prosopis pubescens ), and Velvet Mesquite (Prosopis velutina).
Mesquites
a tree
mesquite is way harder than oak
I'm using mesquite charcoal in the grill. Let's look a little more closely at this mesquite tree.
Mesquite.
a monocot
Mesquite isn't a type of grass. It's a type of tree. Mesquite makes good BBQ wood. Other than that, the actual tree itself has thorns and a bluish gray moss like fungus growing on it.
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mesquite
Eating the leaves or the wood of the mesquite tree would not be very tasty. However, the Comanche Indians living in the southwestern plains used to harvest seeds (beans) from the mesquite tree, and grind them into a paste which they used to sweeten and flavor their meat.