Akademik

Carnegiea

noun

caryophylloid dicot genus with only one species: saguaro

• Syn: ↑genus Carnegiea

• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cactaceae, ↑family Cactaceae, ↑cactus family

• Member Meronyms: ↑saguaro, ↑sahuaro, ↑Carnegiea gigantea

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\\kärˈnegēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Andrew Carnegie died 1919 American industrialist and humanitarian

: a monotypic genus of cacti consisting of the saguaro

Useful english dictionary. 2012.