For the first time he observed the snake impaled on the sahuaro, writhing but feebly. From Wordnik.com. [The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama] Reference
In the meantime the sahuaro had caught fire at the top, and was burning down through the interior. From Wordnik.com. [The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama] Reference
The deceptive green of occasional palo-verde bushes now gave place to the columns of the giant sahuaro. From Wordnik.com. [Bloom of Cactus] Reference
What he saw was only the green of mesquite and palo verde, the fluted columns of the giant sahuaro, and the gray of sagebrush. From Wordnik.com. [Bloom of Cactus] Reference
But from the clump of cactus growth along the parapet arose a sahuaro, with branching arms, and against this the snake was flung. From Wordnik.com. [The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama] Reference
And the renegade dragged his helpless captive up to the thorny sahuaro, and bound his back against it with the dead horse's bridle. From Wordnik.com. [The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama] Reference
With his mind occupied by these horrible apprehensions, Lane looked at the rattlesnake upon the sahuaro whose struggles by this time had diminished to a movement of the tail. From Wordnik.com. [The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama] Reference
I could only climb the sahuaro, "he thought," and fly my red shirt as a flag, to let the Rurales know I've flanked the enemy, it might hurry them along in time to put a crimp in these devils before they get me. From Wordnik.com. [The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama] Reference
Looked just like a sahuaro stalk. From Wordnik.com. [Arizona Nights] Reference
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