genus Prosopis, Prosopis - genus of tropical or subtropical branching shrubs or trees: mesquite

honey mesquite, Prosopis glandulosa, Western honey mesquite - 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

Prosopis juliflora, Prosopis juliiflora, algarroba - mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean islands from Mexico to Venezuela

Prosopis pubescens, screwbean, screwbean mesquite, tornillo, screw bean - shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods

bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches