saguaros

Variant of saguaro

noun pl. saguaros

a giant cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) with a thick, spiny stem and white flowers, native to the SW U.S. and N Mexico
also sahuaro

Origin: MexSp, after the Piman native name

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