HyperDic: genus_carnegiea

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Carnegiea:
NOUNplantgenus Carnegiea, Carnegieacaryophylloid dicot genus with only one species
English > genus Carnegiea: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningcaryophylloid dicot genus with only one species: saguaro.
SynonymCarnegiea
Member ofCactaceae, family Cactaceae, cactus familyconstituting the order Opuntiales
Memberssaguaro, sahuaro, Carnegiea giganteaExtremely large treelike cactus of desert regions / regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit
Broadercaryophylloid dicot genusgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Spanishcarnegiea, Carnegiea, genus carnegiea
Catalancarnegiea, genus carnegiea

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