mosquito

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Hardwood trees—the oak, the ash, elms, hickories, mesquits, etc., have moss and mold on the north.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 by Various

The Mahometans have fair places of worship, which they call mesquits, well built of stone.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

Near the station was a store; and near the store, scattered among the mesquits and elms, stood the saddled horses of the customers.

From Roads of Destiny by Henry, O.