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SAGUARO
saguaro, sahuaro, Carnegiea gigantea
(noun) extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit
SAHUARO
saguaro, sahuaro, Carnegiea gigantea
(noun) extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
saguaro (plural saguaros)
Carnegiea gigantea, a large cactus native to the Sonoran Desert and characterized by its "arms".
Source: Wiktionary
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(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
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