saguaro
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