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SAGUARO
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Irregular inflected form: saguaros
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Carnegiea gigantea; saguaro; sahuaro
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("saguaro" is a kind of...):
cactus (any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines)
Holonyms ("saguaro" is a member of...):
Carnegiea; genus Carnegiea (caryophylloid dicot genus with only one species: saguaro)
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