Saguaro

Word SAGUARO
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Definitions and meanings of "Saguaro"

What do we mean by saguaro?

A very large cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) of the Sonoran Desert, having ribbed upward-curving branches, white funnel-shaped flowers, and edible red fruit. noun

The fruit of this cactus. noun

The giant cactus, Cereus giganteus, a columnar species from 25 to over 50 feet high, growing on stony mesas and low hills in Arizona and adjacent parts of Mexico. noun

A large cactus in the genus Carnegiea, native to the Sonoran Desert and characterized by its "arms". 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 noun

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

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The word "saguaro" in example sentences

The saguaro is a signature plant of the Sonoran Desert. ❋ Clinton, Bill, 1946- (2001)

Scattered among the huge club-shaped columns of the saguaro is the cholla, the next largest of the cactuses. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

… if you didn't know, and i didn't, a saguaro is a type of cactus … ❋ Unknown (2009)

Matthew Rounis, a fifth-grader who also served on the commission, said the combo design "represents the entire state, not just one section, and it also serves as a map of Arizona, since in the northern part you have the Grand Canyon and in the southern part you have the saguaro which is indigenous to those areas." ❋ JDsg (2007)

Paloverde-cactus shrub vegetation includes various types of cacti, such as saguaro, cholla and agave. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"The saguaro is a monstrosity in fact as well as in appearance, -- a product of miscegenation between plant and animal, probably depending for its form of life history, if not for its very existence, on its commensals." [ ❋ William Graham Sumner (1875)

Amidst cholla and saguaro and sun-blistered projections of rock so bleak they might have confounded the Buddha himself. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The North American Gila Woodpecker excavates a living space within saguaro cacti. ❋ Unknown (2011)

A second important time was the “summer wine feast” preceded by the “Saguaro ripe moon” when the important picking of saguaro fruits occurred. ❋ Annie Proulx (2011)

And the saguaro, standing like sentries amongst the red rocks that would later bleach to a light tan in the unbearable heat of the sun. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But I went alone, reassured in the north by the desert, the barrenness interrupted by the stolid saguaro, the gnarled creosote. ❋ Robert Boswell (2011)

The last month in their year was the “black seed moon” preceding the ripening of the saguaro cactus fruits. ❋ Annie Proulx (2011)

Next to me, a saguaro whispered, catching the wind in its spines, bending ever so slightly, calling out a little mystery. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mark Peterman for The Wall Street Journal Architect Eddie Jones of Phoenix firm Jones Studio Inc. designed a series of squares and rectangles with a flat roof that blends into the rocky, rust-and-tan hillside dotted with saguaro cacti. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The 7,500-square-foot concrete-and-glass four-bedroom house is a series of squares and rectangles with a flat roof that blends into the rocky, rust and tan hillside dotted with saguaro cacti. ❋ Nancy Keates (2011)

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