Definition of "saguaro" [saguaro]

• 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. (noun)
• The fruit of this cactus. (noun)

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• "The saguaro is a signature plant of the Sonoran Desert."
• "Scattered among the huge club-shaped columns of the saguaro is the cholla, the next largest of the cactuses."
• "… if you didn't know, and i didn't, a saguaro is a type of cactus …"