genus prosopis

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   genus of tropical or subtropical branching shrubs or trees: mesquite

   SynonymsProsopis

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofMimosoideae

Questions about genus prosopis

What does genus prosopis mean?

genus prosopis means "genus of tropical or subtropical branching shrubs or trees: mesquite".

What is another word for genus prosopis?

Close synonyms include Prosopis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus prosopis a common word?

genus prosopis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.