saguaro

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

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

From Mexican Spanish saguaro, from a Taracahitic Uto-Aztecan language, probably Yaqui, Mayo or Opata.

But the desert's chief exhibit is the giant saguaro, the Cereus giganteus, from which the reservation got its name. — The Book of the National Parks, Robert Sterling Yard
Of the cactus family, the most conspicuous is the saguaro, or giant cactus, which frequently attains the height of fifty feet. — Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania, Jewett C. (Jewett Castello) Gilson

sahuaro, Carnegiea gigantea

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