Meanings
plural saguaros · alternative sahuaro · alternative sawarra · alternative suwarro · alternative suwarrow
- 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 421 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounextremely 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Spanishsaguaro
- Englishsaguaro
From Mexican Spanish saguaro, from a Taracahitic Uto-Aztecan language, probably Yaqui, Mayo or Opata.
More words from Spanish
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Catalan saguaro
- saguarolarge cactus
Chinese Mandarin 巨人柱
- 巨人柱 (jùrénzhù)large cactus
Dutch saguaro
- saguarolarge cactus
Esperanto saguaro
- saguarolarge cactus
French saguaro
- saguarolarge cactus
German Saguaro
- Saguarolarge cactus
Persian ساگوارو
- ساگوارو (sâguâro)large cactus
Portuguese saguaro
- saguarolarge cactus
Russian карне́гия, сагуа́ро
- карне́гия (karnɛ́gija)large cactus
- сагуа́ро (saguáro)large cactus
Spanish saguaro
- saguarolarge cactus
Cite this entry
saguaro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saguaro
“saguaro.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saguaro. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “saguaro,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saguaro.
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