saguaro

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/səˈ(ɡ)wɑɹoʊ/
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/səˈ(ɡ)wɑɹoʊ/ · /səˈ(ɡ)wɑɹə/

Definition of saguaro

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Carnegiea gigantea, a large cactus native to the Sonoran Desert and characterized by its "arms".
    “The Suwarrow or Saguaro of the natives.”
    “The Pitella (pronounced Pitayo) and the Saguaro are the most prized.”

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Etymology

From Mexican Spanish saguaro, from a Taracahitic Uto-Aztecan language, probably Yaqui, Mayo or Opata.

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