transcription, транскрипция: [ sə-ˈwär-ə, -ˈgwär-, -ō ]
noun
( 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 United States 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