PROSOPIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Prosopis mean? 

• PROSOPIS (noun)
  The noun PROSOPIS has 1 sense:

1. genus of tropical or subtropical branching shrubs or trees: mesquite

  Familiarity information: PROSOPIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROSOPIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of tropical or subtropical branching shrubs or trees: mesquite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Prosopis; Prosopis

Hypernyms ("Prosopis" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Prosopis"):

mesquit; mesquite (any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar)

Holonyms ("Prosopis" is a member of...):

Mimosoideae; subfamily Mimosoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae)