Saguaro

//səˈ(ɡ)wɑɹoʊ// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Carnegiea gigantea, a large cactus native to the Sonoran Desert and characterized by its "arms".

    "The Suwarrow or Saguaro of the natives."

  2. 2
    extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit wordnet

Synonyms

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carnegiea giganteasahuaro

Example

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"The saguaro is the most amazing cactus. It can live well over 100 years and produces edible fruit."

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish saguaro, from a Taracahitic Uto-Aztecan language, probably Yaqui, Mayo or Opata.

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