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Noun: saguaro  su'gwaa-row
  1. 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
    - sahuaro, Carnegiea gigantea

Derived forms: saguaros

Type of: cactus

Part of: Carnegiea, genus Carnegiea

Encyclopedia: Saguaro