Lexic.us

Definition of Carnegiea gigantea

1. Noun. Extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carnegiea Gigantea

Literary usage of Carnegiea gigantea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. 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 ..."

2. 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 gigantea."

3. Cactaceœ of Northeastern and Central Mexico Together with a Synopsis of the by William Edwin Safford (1909)
"... of Carnegiea, gigantea of Arizona and northern Sonora were noticed as early as 1540 by the members of Coronado's expedition. They are not spiny, ..."

4. The Vegetation of a Desert Mountain Range as Conditioned by Climatic Factors by Forrest Shreve (1915)
"Carnegiea ' gigantea is even more abundant on the slopes than on the bajadas, being represented by smaller individuals, among which relatively few have ..."

5. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"... wislizeni and Carnegiea gigantea is higher in early morning than at sunset, the acids formed in the metabolism of carbohydrates tending to accumulate ..."

6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Other cactus fruits of great economic importance are those of the giant Cereus of our arid southwestern region, Carnegiea gigantea, locally known as ..."

7. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North (1916)
"The sap of Echino- cactus U'ííí'í;i HÍ and of Carnegiea gigantea exhibits, according to Long (Plant World, xviii, 261), a diurnal variation in acidity, ..."

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