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saguaroMain Entry: sa·gua·ro Pronunciation: \sə-ˈwär-ə, -ˈgwär-, -ō\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural sa·gua·ros Etymology: Mexican Spanish, probably from Ópata (Uto-Aztecan language of Sonora, Mexico) Date: 1856 : a tall columnar usually sparsely-branched cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) of dry areas of the southwestern United States and Mexico that bears white flowers and a scaly reddish edible fruit and that may attain a height of up to 50 feet (16 meters) —called also giant cactus
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