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Definition of Carnegiea
1. Noun. Caryophylloid dicot genus with only one species: saguaro.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Cactaceae, Cactus Family, Family Cactaceae
Member holonyms: Carnegiea Gigantea, Saguaro, Sahuaro
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carnegiea
Literary usage of Carnegiea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guide to the Materials for American History in Roman and Other Italian Archives by Carl Russell Fish (1911)
"FOUQUIERIA-OPUNTIA, FOUQUIERIA-Carnegiea, AND FOUQUIERIA- ECHINOCACTUS. ...
COTYLEDON-Carnegiea. On May 17, 1909, two regenerated slips of Cotyledon ..."
2. The Cactaceae: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose (1920)
"... and to a less extent in Carnegiea, on account of which both this species and
Carnegiea gigantea have been referred by some authors to the genus ..."
3. The Water-balance of Succulent Plants by Daniel Trembly MacDougal, E. S. Spalding (1910)
"Carnegiea GIGANTEA. A sahuaro about 2 meters in length was taken from the bajada
west of ... Carnegiea ..."
4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1911)
"A consideration of the factors which have to do with the distribution and activities
of the Giant Cactus (Carnegiea gigan- 6 AX 769 Flo. 1. ..."
5. The Vegetation of a Desert Mountain Range as Conditioned by Climatic Factors by Forrest Shreve (1915)
"The limitation of Carnegiea is apparently due to the operation of this factor.
... A small Carnegiea (18 inches high) has been discovered in Soldier Canon ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"Dr. NL Britton spoke of the three genera of Cactaceae, Carnegiea, ... The genus
Carnegiea, dedicated to Mr. Andrew Carnegie and formerly known as Cereus ..."
7. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1917)
"Echinocactus and Carnegiea are active during the period in which the temperature
is within the tonic range, as taken from thermometers inserted in the ..."
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