CARNEGIEA GIGANTEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Carnegiea gigantea mean? 

• CARNEGIEA GIGANTEA (noun)
  The noun CARNEGIEA GIGANTEA 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: CARNEGIEA GIGANTEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARNEGIEA GIGANTEA (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 ("Carnegiea gigantea" 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 ("Carnegiea gigantea" is a member of...):

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