saguaro
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- noun
- /səˈwɑːroʊ/
- US
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sahuaro
- Behind them lies typical Sonoran Desert thorn scrub, with a tall saguaro cactus in the distance.
- saguaro cactus
- tall saguaro
- saguaro cacti
Examples
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How are you gonna fit a giant saguaro in the back of your car?
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Here, saguaro cacti, native to the Sonoran Desert, are found in abundance.
Academic text (1996) -
"I think maybe I'll have you sit over here on this rock with the saguaro in the background.
Fiction book (2000) -
I wanna get a giant saguaro for the front yard.
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Did you ever see a saguaro cactus?
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Kyle wanted to see if he could find examples of each stage of a saguaro's life.
Academic text (2003) -
Shorty and a saguaro growing out of the dust were painted on the wall behind them.
Fiction book (1997) -
A cactus wren flew out of one of the saguaros.
Fiction book (1992) -
That's a saguaro cactus.
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In the parched and scorching desert, the saguaro is the center of life.
Synonyms
A very large cactus that grows in the desert and has white flowers and red fruit
A very large tree-like cactus with arms, white flowers, and red edible fruit
A group of cactus plants that has only the saguaro in the Sonoran Desert of North America
How Spiny
Surface Forms
Etymology
Saguaro comes from a Native American word used by the people of the Sonoran Desert, the O'odham, and passed into Spanish as sahuaro. Think of desert people naming the tall, tree-like cactus they lived with, which is why saguaro means that very large cactus with white flowers and red fruit.