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saguaro
sa·gua·ro S0020700 (sə-gwär′ō, -wär′ō)n. pl. sa·gua·ros 1. A very large cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) of the Sonoran Desert, having ribbed upward-curving branches, white funnel-shaped flowers, and edible red fruit.2. The fruit of this cactus.
[American Spanish saguaro, sahuaro, of Uto-Aztecan, perhaps Piman, origin.]saguaro (səˈɡwɑːrəʊ; səˈwɑː-) or sahuaron, pl -ros (Plants) a giant cactus, Carnegiea gigantea, of desert regions of Arizona, S California, and Mexico, having white nocturnal flowers and edible red pulpy fruits[Mexican Spanish, variant of sahuaro, an Indian name]sa•gua•ro (səˈgwɑr oʊ, -ˈwɑr oʊ)
n., pl. -ros. a tall, horizontally branched cactus, Carnegiea (or Cereus) gigantea, of Arizona and neighboring regions yielding a useful wood and bearing an edible fruit. [1855–60, Amer.; < Mexican Spanish saguaro, sahuaro] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  saguaro - 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 fruitCarnegiea gigantea, sahuarocactus - any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spinesCarnegiea, genus Carnegiea - caryophylloid dicot genus with only one species: saguaro |
saguaro
saguaro: see cactuscactus,
any plant of the family Cactaceae, a large group of succulents found almost entirely in the New World. A cactus plant is conspicuous for its fleshy green stem, which performs the functions of leaves (commonly insignificant or absent), and for the spines (not always
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Related to saguaro: sotol, Saguaro National ParkSynonyms for saguaronoun 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 fruitSynonyms- Carnegiea gigantea
- sahuaro
Related Words- cactus
- Carnegiea
- genus Carnegiea
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