What is "mesquites"

Usage examples of "mesquites".

At last he found a secluded spot, under cover of thick mesquites and oaks, at a goodly distance from the old trail.

To go farther down the road was not to be thought of, so he turned a little way in among the mesquites and halted, hoping to escape being seen or heard.

In the dark shadows under mesquites and cottonwoods he was hard put to it to find open passage.

There were mesquites on the ridge, and Duane sought the shade beneath them.

In most places, however, the leafless, sprawling mesquites were scattered rather thinly over the ground, cutting off an extensive view and merely adding to the melancholy barrenness of the landscape.

They were running off through the mesquites with a peculiar hopping or bounding motion, and we all, dogs and men, tore after them instantly.

The mesquites by the road so thick with mistletoe they looked like liveoaks.

Dodging among the prickly cat-claw mesquites and guiding the mare through the larger rocks, she followed a faint path that lead in the easterly direction she wanted to go.