cholla

English

Cholla cactus

Etymology

Spanish cholla.

Noun

cholla (plural chollas)

Any of several species of cactus in the genus Cylindropuntia, having very spiny, cylindrical stem segments.
- 1889 January 26, “Archæological camping in Arizona”, in American Architect and Architecture, volume 52, page 43:
  Throughout Arizona the floors of such caves are found covered with a deep bed of chollas.
- 1890 October 1, “A Series of Eggs of Palmer's Thrasher”, in The Ornithologist and Oölogist, volume 15, page 155:
  The cholla was two feet high, and six feet in diameter.
- 2009 February 26, Karen Crouse, “Woods Returns as He Left: A Winner”, in New York Times‎:
  On the front nine, Jones stuck to Woods like a cholla cactus.

Derived terms

jumping cholla

Translations

cactus

Navajo: hosh aditsahii
Panamint: wiyattampü

Quechua: atuq waqachi
Spanish: cholla (es) f

See also

cholla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cylindropuntia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from Old French cholle (“head”), from a Germanic origin (compare English keel).

Noun

cholla f (plural chollas)

cholla (cactus)
reason, understanding
(colloquial) head

See also

cholla on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

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