saguaro

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

saguaro
    n 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 [syn: {saguaro}, {sahuaro}, {Carnegiea gigantea}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Suwarrow \Su*war"row\, n. (Bot.)
   The giant cactus ({Cereus giganteus}); -- so named by the
   Indians of Arizona. Called also {saguaro}.
   [1913 Webster]

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