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noun
Carnegiea gigantea, a large cactus native to the Sonoran Desert and characterized by its "arms".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sahuaro, Carnegiea gigantea
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cactus
History
From Mexican Spanish saguaro, from a Taracahitic Uto-Aztecan language, probably Yaqui, Mayo or Opata.
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
