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☆ sa·guaro (sə gwär′ō, sə wär′ō)

noun pl. saguaros -·ros

a giant cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) with a thick, spiny stem and white flowers, native to the SW U.S. and N Mexico
also sahuaro sa·hua′ro (-wä′-)

Etymology: MexSp, after the Piman native name

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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