n.
Pronunciation: s ə - ' wär- ə , - ' gwär-, - ō
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ros
Etymology: Mexican Spanish, probably from Ópata (Uto-Aztecan language of Sonora, Mexico)
Date: 1856
: a tall columnar usually sparsely-branched cactus ( Carnegiea gigantea ) of dry areas of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico that bears white flowers and a scaly reddish edible fruit and that may attain a height of up to 50 feet (16 meters) ― called also giant cactus
saguaro