| prosopis | (n) genus of tropical or subtropical branching shrubs or trees: mesquite, Syn. genus Prosopis |
| algarroba | (n) mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean Islands from Mexico to Venezuela, Syn. Prosopis juliflora, Prosopis juliiflora |
| honey mesquite | (n) thorny deep-rooted drought-resistant shrub native to southwestern United States and Mexico bearing pods rich in sugar and important as livestock feed; tends to form extensive thickets, Syn. Prosopis glandulosa, Western honey mesquite |
| screw bean | (n) shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods, Syn. tornillo, screwbean mesquite, Prosopis pubescens, screwbean |