Defn: Belonging, or relating, to the secondary or reptilian age, or the era between the Paleozoic and Cenozoic. See Chart of Geology.
MESOZOIC
Mes`o*zo"ic, n.
Defn: The Mesozoic age or formation.
MESPRISE
Mes*prise", n. Etym: [OF. mespris, F. mépris. See Misprize.]
1. Contempt; scorn. [Obs.]
2. Etym: [Perh. for F. méprise mistake. Cf. Misprision.]
Defn: Misadventure; ill-success. [Obs.] Spenser.
MESQUITE; MESQUIT
Mes*qui"te, Mes*quit", n. Etym: [Sp. mezquite; said to be a Mexican
Indian word.] (Bot.)
Defn: 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.
MESQUITE BEAN
Mes*qui"te bean.