sa·gua·ro (s -gwär  , -wär) also sa·hua·ro (s-wär)n. pl. sa·gua·ros also sa·hua·ros 1. A very large cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) of the southwest United States and northern Mexico, having ribbed upward-curving branches, white funnel-shaped flowers, and edible red fruit. 2. The fruit of this cactus. [American Spanish, probably of Piman origin.] |
saguaro [səˈgwɑːrəʊ səˈwɑː-], sahuaro [səˈwɑːrəʊ]
n pl -ros
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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]
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| 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 fruitcactus - any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines Carnegiea, genus Carnegiea - caryophylloid dicot genus with only one species: saguaro |
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