Mes-quĭ'te or Mes-quĭte', n.

(mes-kē'tā), or Mes-quĭte' (mes-keet'), n. [Said to be an Indian word.] (Bot.) (a.) A shrub or small tree growing in Texas and Mexico, not unlike a mimosa, bearing large, edible pods (Algarobia glandulosa of Gray). (b.) A rich native grass in Western Texas (a species of Aristida);—so called from its growing in company with the tree.

☞— The natives make it a word of three syllables, as above.