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SAGUARO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: saguaros   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Carnegiea gigantea; saguaro; sahuaro

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("saguaro" is a kind of...):

cactus (any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines)

Holonyms ("saguaro" is a member of...):

Carnegiea; genus Carnegiea (caryophylloid dicot genus with only one species: saguaro)

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