How many syllables in saguaro?

There are 3 syllables in the word saguaro.

How to pronounce saguaro:

saguaro (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.; a tall columnar usually sparsely-branched cactus (carnegiea gigantea) of dry areas of the southwestern u.s. and mexico that bears white flowers and a scaly reddish edible fruit and that may attain a height of up to 50 feet (16 meters)

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