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sa•gua•ro
Pronunciation: (su-gwär'ō, -wär'ō), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -ros.
a tall, horizontally branched cactus,
Carnegiea (or
Cereus)
gigantea, of Arizona and neighboring regions, yielding a useful wood and bearing an edible fruit: still locally common, though some populations have been reduced. See illus. under
cactus. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.