organ pipe cactus

noun

: any of several tall upright cacti (such as Sternocereus thurberi) of the southwestern U.S. and adjacent Mexico that usually branch at the base to form several upright stems

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Also of note: the Sonoran Desert Nature Trail, which offers sweeping mountain views complete with telescopes and an organ pipe cactus forest. —

Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024 Stroll through Desert Botanical Garden’s trails to see the Sonoran Desert’s plant life, including an organ pipe cactus forest, desert wildflowers and towering saguaros. —

Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 20 Jan. 2023 In the photo above, Britton is pictured among specimens of the organ pipe cactus (Lemaireocereus hystrix), on a Botanical Garden expedition to the base. —

Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2010 Those are saguaros and organ pipe cactus the bats visit during their migration north from central and southern Mexico each summer. —

Kendal Blust, azcentral, 18 Nov. 2019

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1908, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of organ pipe cactus was in 1908

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