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saguaro

[ suh-gwahr-oh, -wahr-oh ]

noun

, plural sa·gua·ros.
  1. a 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.


saguaro

/ səˈwɑː-; səˈɡwɑːrəʊ; səˈwɑːrəʊ /

noun

  1. a giant cactus, Carnegiea gigantea, of desert regions of Arizona, S California, and Mexico, having white nocturnal flowers and edible red pulpy fruits
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of saguaro1

1855–60, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish saguaro, sahuaro, said to be < Opata (now extinct Uto-Aztecan language of Sonora)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of saguaro1

Mexican Spanish, variant of sahuaro, an Indian name
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Example Sentences

Those are saguaro cactuses…the big ones…birds make holes in them and build their nests inside.

The little unincorporated community sits in a lonely stretch of hot desert amidst black rocks and saguaro cactuses.

On her other side was a wizened little old fellow with a wrinkled face and ribs corrugated like a saguaro.

The saguaro has a skeleton of woody ribs bound together by tough, woody fibers.

Their packs bore tanned skins, fruit of the saguaro cactus, edible roots of the mescal plant, and other trade goods.

At last the older boy said, "I will turn into a saguaro, so that I shall live forever and bear fruit every summer."

That is how the saguaro and the palo verde came to be on the mountains and the desert.

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