saguaro

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The saguaro is a signature plant of the Sonoran Desert.

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  1. noun A very large cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) of the southwest United States and northern Mexico, having ribbed upward-curving branches, white funnel-shaped flowers, and edible red fruit.
  2. noun The fruit of this cactus.

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  1. American Spanish, probably of Piman origin.

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  1. Also, corruptly, suwarrow; Mexican or American Indian
 

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/sæˈgwæroʊ/
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