saguaro

What it means

1. Carnegiea gigantea, a large cactus native to the Sonoran Desert and characterized by its "arms".

   The Suwarrow or Saguaro of the natives.

   1858, George Engelmann, Cactaceae of the Boundary, C. giganteus, page 42

   1 more example

   The Pitella (pronounced Pitayo) and the Saguaro are the most prized.

   1870, William Abraham Bell, New Tracks in North America: A Journal of Travel and Adventure Whilst Engaged in the Survey for a Southern Railroad to the Pacific Ocean During 1867-8

In a sentence

The Suwarrow or Saguaro of the natives.

1858, George Engelmann, Cactaceae of the Boundary, C. giganteus, page 42

Where it comes from

1. Spanishsaguaro
2. Englishsaguaro

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