Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A very large cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) of the Sonoran Desert, having ribbed upward-curving branches, white funnel-shaped flowers, and edible red fruit.
- noun The fruit of this cactus.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The giant cactus, Cereus giganteus, a columnar species from 25 to over 50 feet high, growing on stony mesas and low hills in Arizona and adjacent parts of Mexico.
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- noun A large
cactus in the genus Carnegiea, native to the Sonoran Desert and characterized by its "arms".
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
Etymologies
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Examples
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The saguaro is a signature plant of the Sonoran Desert.
Proclamation On Sonoran Desert Nationalmonument Clinton, Bill, 1946- 2001
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The saguaro is a signature plant of the Sonoran Desert.
Proclamation On Sonoran Desert National Monument Clinton, Bill, 1946- 2001
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Scattered among the huge club-shaped columns of the saguaro is the cholla, the next largest of the cactuses.
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… if you didn't know, and i didn't, a saguaro is a type of cactus …
MetsBlog.com 2009
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… if you didn't know, and i didn't, a saguaro is a type of cactus …
MetsBlog.com 2009
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Matthew Rounis, a fifth-grader who also served on the commission, said the combo design "represents the entire state, not just one section, and it also serves as a map of Arizona, since in the northern part you have the Grand Canyon and in the southern part you have the saguaro which is indigenous to those areas."
And the winner is... JDsg 2007
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Paloverde-cactus shrub vegetation includes various types of cacti, such as saguaro, cholla and agave.
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"The saguaro is a monstrosity in fact as well as in appearance, -- a product of miscegenation between plant and animal, probably depending for its form of life history, if not for its very existence, on its commensals." [
Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals William Graham Sumner 1875
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The North American Gila Woodpecker excavates a living space within saguaro cacti.
Photo-Op: Nest Fest 2011
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But I went alone, reassured in the north by the desert, the barrenness interrupted by the stolid saguaro, the gnarled creosote.
The Right Thing Robert Boswell 2011
bilby commented on the word saguaro
Oh gosh, I didn't realise that the cartoon cactus had a name. Of course it would, thinking about it logically, but, you know.
December 21, 2023