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‖ prosopis|prɒˈsəʊpɪs|
[In sense 1, late L. prosōpis, a. Gr. προσωπίς (an unidentified plant), applied as generic name (Linnæus 1767); in sense 2, mod.L. generic name (Fabricius 1804).]
1. Bot. A tropical and subtropical genus of leguminous trees and shrubs, of the suborder Mimoseæ, often prickly or thorny, bearing spicate green or yellow flowers, and usually fleshy pods. Prosopis juliflora is the mesquit or honey-locust.
1851Mayne Reid Scalp Hunt. xxxii, Peering cautiously through the leaves of the prosopis.
2. Zool. A genus of solitary bees of the family Andrenidæ.
1887Jefferies Field & Hedgerow (1889) 205, I think there were four species of wild bee at these early flowers, including the great bombus and the small prosopis with orange-yellow band. 1901Ld. Avebury in Daily Chron. 25 May 3/1 On the evolution of the hive bee from the less highly organised Prosopis—which has a short, simple tongue, no brushes or baskets on the legs, and leads a solitary life. |