saguaro
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Etymology
From Mexican Spanish, from a Taracahitic Uto-Aztecan language, probably Yaqui, Mayo or Opata.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
saguaro (plural saguaros)
- Carnegiea gigantea, a large cactus native to the Sonoran Desert and characterized by its "arms".
- 1858, George Engelmann, Cactaceae of the Boundary, C. giganteus, page 42:
- The Suwarrow or Saguaro of the natives.
- 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:
- The Pitella (pronounced Pitayo) and the Saguaro are the most prized.
Derived terms
- saguaro boot
- saguaro cactus
- saguaro fruit
- saguaro stack
Translations
large cactus
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References
- “saguaro”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “saguaro”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “saguaro”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “saguaro”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “saguaro”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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