saguaro

== English == === Alternative forms === sahuaro, sawarra, suwarro, suwarrow === Etymology === From Mexican Spanish saguaro, from a Taracahitic Uto-Aztecan language, probably Yaqui, Mayo or Opata. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /səˈ(ɡ)wɑɹoʊ/, /səˈ(ɡ)wɑɹə/ === Noun === saguaro (plural saguaros) Carnegiea gigantea, a large cactus native to the Sonoran Desert and characterized by its "arms". ==== Derived terms ==== saguaro boot saguaro cactus saguaro fruit saguarolike saguaro stack ==== Translations ==== === References === “saguaro”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “saguaro”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. “saguaro”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “saguaro”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish saguaro, from an Uto-Aztecan language. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [səˈɣwa.ɾu] IPA(key): (Balearic) [səˈɣwa.ɾo] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [saˈɣwa.ɾo] === Noun === saguaro m (plural saguaros) saguaro == Portuguese == === Etymology === Ultimately from a Uto-Aztecan language. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aɾu Hyphenation: sa‧gua‧ro === Noun === saguaro m (plural saguaros) saguaro (a large species of cactus of the Sonoran Desert) == Spanish == === Etymology === Of Uto-Aztecan origin, probably from Mayo, Opata, or Yaqui. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /saˈɡwaɾo/ [saˈɣ̞wa.ɾo] Rhymes: -aɾo Syllabification: sa‧gua‧ro === Noun === saguaro m (plural saguaros) saguaro (a large species of cactus of the Sonoran Desert) Synonym: órgano === Further reading === “saguaro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025