mesquital

noun

mes·​qui·​tal

¦meskə¦tal

plural -s

1

Southwest : an area on which mesquite is the dominant plant form

2

Southwest : a thicket of mesquite

take the saddle off her and hide it in a mesquital

—J. F. Dobie

called also mesquite

compare chaparral sense 2

Word History

Etymology

Spanish mezquital, from mezquite mesquite

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