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单词 saguaro
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sa•gua•ro  (sə gwärō, -wärō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ros. 
  1. Plant Biologya tall, horizontally branched cactus, Carnegiea (or Cereus) gigantea, of Arizona and neighboring regions, yielding a useful wood and bearing an edible fruit: still locally common, though some populations have been reduced. See illus. under cactus. 
  • Opata (now extinct Uto-Aztecan language of Sonora)
  • Mexican Spanish saguaro, sahuaro, said to be
  • 1855–60, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
saguaro /səˈɡwɑːrəʊ səˈwɑː-/, sahuaro /səˈwɑːrəʊ/ n ( pl -ros)
  1. a giant cactus, Carnegiea gigantea, of desert regions of Arizona, S California, and Mexico, having white nocturnal flowers and edible red pulpy fruits
Etymology: Mexican Spanish, variant of sahuaro,an Indian name
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