HyperDic: sahuaro

English > 1 sense of the word sahuaro:
NOUNplantsahuaro, saguaro, 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
English > sahuaro: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningExtremely 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.
Synonymssaguaro, Carnegiea gigantea
Member ofCarnegiea, genus Carnegieacaryophylloid dicot genus with only one species
BroadercactusAny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines
Spanishcarnegiea gigantea, saguaro, sahuaro
Catalancarnegiea gigantea, saguaro, sahuaro

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