Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mesquite \Mes*qui"te\, Mesquit \Mes*quit"\, n. [Sp. mezquite;
   said to be a Mexican Indian word.] (Bot.)
   A name for two trees of the southwestern part of North
   America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite.

   {Honey mesquite}. See {Algaroba}
   (b) .

   {Screw-pod mesquite}, a smaller tree ({Prosopis pubescens}),
      having spiral pods used as fodder and sometimes as food by
      the Indians.

   {Mesquite grass}, a rich native grass in Western Texas
      ({Bouteloua oligostachya}, and other species); -- so
      called from its growing in company with the mesquite tree;
      -- called also {muskit grass}, {grama grass}.

Grama grass \Gra"ma grass`\ [Sp. grama a sort of grass.] (Bot.)
   The name of several kinds of pasture grasses found in the
   Western United States, esp. the {Bouteloua oligostachya}.

Grama grass, grazing. West and Pacific slope. {Bouteloua
oligostachya}, etc. Great bunch grass, pasture and hay. Far
West. {Festuca scabrella}. Guinea grass, hay. South. {Panicum
jumentorum}. Herd's grass, in New England Timothy, in
Pennsylvania and South Redtop. Indian grass. Same as {Wood
grass} (below). Italian rye grass, forage and hay. {Lolium
Italicum}. Johnson grass, grazing aud hay. South and Southwest.
{Sorghum Halepense}. Kentucky blue grass, pasture. {Poa
pratensis}. Lyme grass, coarse hay. South. {Elymus}, several
species. Manna grass, pasture and hay. {Glyceria}, several
species. Meadow fescue, pasture and hay. {Festuca elatior}.
Meadow foxtail, pasture, hay, lawn. North. {Alopecurus
pratensis}. Meadow grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Poa}, several
species. Mesquite, or Muskit grass. Same as {Grama grass}
(above).