algarroba
noun
any of certain mesquites, especially Prosopis juliflora, having pinnate leaves and yellowish flowers.
algaroba
-
a variation of
algarroba.
Example Sentences
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The wood chiefly used was algaroba, which, when polished, looked as bright as mahogany, and quite as 167 beautiful.
From Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure by Gordon Stables
So, under the arching algaroba and monkey-pod trees that shade Nuannu Avenue, and past the royal palms that grace the yards, we rode into beautiful Honolulu.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 by Various
He was sitting under the algaroba trees between the lanai and the beach.
From The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii by Jack London
He circled back toward the house along a winding path that skirted within the edge of shadow of the monkey-pods and algaroba trees.
From On the Makaloa Mat by Jack London
Beside him was Dash, and not a great way off, tied to a dwarf algaroba tree, stood the mule.
From Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure by Gordon Stables
