saguaro

sa·gua·ro

noun \sə-ˈwär-ə, -ˈgwär-, -ō\

plural sa·gua·ros

Definition of SAGUARO

: 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

Illustration of SAGUARO

Origin of SAGUARO

Mexican Spanish, probably from Ópata (Uto-Aztecan language of Sonora, Mexico)

First Known Use: 1856

Rhymes with SAGUARO

Asmara, Bambara, Bukhara, Guevara, kinara, Samara, samsara, tantara