saguaro
noun
sa·gua·ro
| \ sə-ˈwär-ə
, -ˈgwär-, -ō
\
, -ˈgwär-, -ō
\
plural saguaros
Definition of saguaro
: 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
Illustration of saguaro
Keep scrolling for more
Examples of saguaro in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Nighttime is the right time, especially when there’s a saguaro cactus involved. — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, "Group shows at PRC and Griffin combine quality and quantity," 25 July 2019 The National Park Service is now injecting GPS trackers into Arizona’s famous saguaro cacti to catch people who carry off the ancient, slow-growing giants. — Zoë Schlanger, Quartz, "A German tourist faces 10 years in US prison for smuggling endangered cactus seeds," 3 July 2019 Border Patrol contractors had previously disturbed human remains and damaged saguaro cacti, sacred to the Tohono O’odham. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Arizona tribe refuses Trump’s wall, but agrees to let Border Patrol build virtual barrier," 9 May 2019 Imagine a garden filled with every variety of flower in the world — delicate orchids, towering sunflowers, the waxy blossoms of the saguaro cactus and the corpse flower’s putrid eruptions. — Quanta Magazine, "Proof Finds That All Change Is a Mix of Order and Randomness," 27 Mar. 2019 The trail is wide and plush with saguaros, cholla, ocotillo, creosote, yucca and granite boulders. — Sonja Haller, azcentral, "Ultimate Scottsdale, Arizona, bucket list: Top 25 things to do," 9 Feb. 2015 Thirty years ago, this 730-acre swath of Arizona land was virgin desert, the vast blue sky interrupted only by towering saguaro cactuses. — Candace Taylor, WSJ, "Scottsdale Grows ‘Up’," 11 Apr. 2019 The Mariners escaped the saguaros of Arizona and the mania of Ichiro’s retirement in Japan to christen their magenta-adorned, renamed T-Mobile Park in chilly Seattle on Monday. — Tj Cotterill, The Seattle Times, "Mariners can’t escape Padres’ bats as Mike Leake gets hammered 8-0 in exhibition game," 25 Mar. 2019 Cactus cited in message Joe Snell, president and CEO of the Sun Corridor economic development group in Tucson, cited the saguaro in announcing the new fulfillment center. — Russ Wiles, azcentral, "Amazon announces 1,500-job distribution center in Tucson," 16 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'saguaro.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Keep scrolling for more
Keep scrolling for more
More Definitions for saguaro
saguaro
noun
sa·gua·ro
| \ sə-ˈwär-ə
, -ˈwär-ō, -ˈgwär-ō\
, -ˈwär-ō, -ˈgwär-ō\
plural saguaros
Kids Definition of saguaro
: a giant cactus of the southwestern United States and Mexico