cholla

chol·la

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [chohl-yah, -yuh; Spanish chaw-yah]
- /ˈtʃoʊl yɑ, -yə; Spanish ˈtʃɔ yɑ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [chohl-yah, -yuh; Spanish chaw-yah]
- /ˈtʃoʊl yɑ, -yə; Spanish ˈtʃɔ yɑ/

Definitions of cholla word

noun cholla any of several spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia that grow in the southwestern US and Mexico and have cylindrical stem segments 3
noun cholla a spiny cactus (genus Opuntia) with cylindrical stems, growing in the SW U.S. and Mexico 3
noun plural cholla any of several spiny treelike cacti belonging to the genus Opuntia, especially O. fulgida of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having knobby outgrowths and yellow spines. 1
noun cholla A cactus with a cylindrical stem, native to Mexico and the southwestern US. 1
noun cholla Any of several species of cactus in the genus Cylindropuntia, having very spiny, cylindrical stem segments. 0

before 1855

One of the 30% newest English words

1855-60, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish cholla head (perhaps < Old French (dial.) cholle ball < Gmc); see keel1

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