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saguaro

/səˈ(ɡ)wɑɹoʊ/

saguaro noun: carnegiea gigantea, a large cactus native to the Sonoran Desert and characterized by its "arms".

saguaro: carnegiea gigantea, a large cactus native to the Sonoran Desert and characterized by its "arms"
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Noun

saguaro (plural saguaros)

  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
    • 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

saguaro meaning in Tamil and Persian

saguaro in Tamil

உயரக் கற்றாழை

saguaro in Persian

large cactus
ساگوارو sâguâro

Forms of saguaro

pluralsaguaros
alternative formsahuaro
alternative formsawarra
alternative formsuwarro
alternative formsuwarrow

Origin of saguaro

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

Words formed from saguaro

Phrases with saguaro

Questions about saguaro

What does saguaro mean?
Saguaro means carnegiea gigantea, a large cactus native to the Sonoran Desert and characterized by its "arms".
What is saguaro in Tamil?
Saguaro in Tamil is உயரக் கற்றாழை. See Saguaro meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is saguaro?
Saguaro is a noun.
How do you pronounce saguaro?
Saguaro is pronounced /səˈ(ɡ)wɑɹoʊ/.
What is the plural of saguaro?
The plural of saguaro is saguaros.

Words near saguaro in the dictionary

  1. sags off
  2. Sagteng
  3. sagu
  4. Saguache
  5. Saguache County
  6. saguaro
  7. saguaro boot
  8. saguaro boots
  9. saguaro fruit
  10. saguaro fruits
  11. saguaro stack

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Adapted from Wiktionary: saguaro (page history and authors); saguaro (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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