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Examples of mesquite in a Sentence
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Word History
American Spanish, from Nahuatl mizquitl
1759, in the meaning defined above
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“Mesquite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mesquite. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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Mesquite
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