Saguaro

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  saguaro
       n : 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: {sahuaro}, {Carnegiea gigantea}]
       [also: {saguaros} (pl)]