SAGUARO (saguaros)

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Irregular inflected form: saguaros   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does saguaro mean? 

• SAGUARO (noun)
  The noun SAGUARO has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: SAGUARO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAGUARO (noun)

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Carnegiea gigantea; saguaro; sahuaro

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)