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Content: a tree or bush that grows in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico and that has a hard wood which is often used in grilling food because of the special flavor produced by its smoke also : the wood of the mesquite
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mes·​quite | \ mə-ˈskēt
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: a spiny shrub or small tree of the southwestern United States and Mexico
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