saguaro
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Mexican Spanish, from a Taracahitic Uto-Aztecan language, probably Yaqui, Mayo or Opata.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
saguaro (plural saguaros)
- Carnegiea gigantea, a large cactus native to the Sonoran Desert and characterized by its "arms".
- 1858, George Engelmann, Cactaceae of the Boundary, C. giganteus, page 42:
- The Suwarrow or Saguaro of the natives.
- 1870, William Abraham Bell, New Tracks in North America: A Journal of Travel and Adventure Whilst Engaged in the Survey for a Southern Railroad to the Pacific Ocean During 1867-8:
- The Pitella (pronounced Pitayo) and the Saguaro are the most prized.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
large cactus
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References[edit]
- ^ “saguaro”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “saguaro”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “saguaro”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “saguaro”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “saguaro”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish saguaro, from an Uto-Aztecan language.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
saguaro m (plural saguaros)
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
saguaro m (plural saguaros)
- saguaro (a large species of cactus of the Sonoran Desert)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Of Uto-Aztecan origin, probably from Mayo, Opata, or Yaqui.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
saguaro m (plural saguaros)
Further reading[edit]
- “saguaro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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