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		Definition of cholla in English: chollanoun ˈtʃɔɪəˈCHoi(y)ə ![]() A cactus with a cylindrical stem, native to Mexico and the south-western US. 仙人掌属植物 Genus Opuntia, family Cactaceae Example sentencesExamples -  In their desert habitats their diet consists of spiny cactus, yucca pods, creosote bush, cholla, pinyon nuts, seeds, prickly pear, and any available green vegetation.
 -  Less than an hour west of Tucson, coasting down State Highway 86 before reaching Kitt Peak and the Baboquivari Mountains, a small hill rises from the cholla, saguaro, and mesquite dotting the landscape.
 -  The vegetation is a mix of grasses, annual herbs and isolated patches of mesquite, cholla, ephedra and yucca.
 -  Velvet cactus, prickly pear, Bergerocactus emoryi, and cholla are widespread, often joined by box thorn, a prickly shrub in the nightshade family.
 -  Land plants include many cacti, the most spectacular of which are the saguaro, with its thick, armlike branches, and a number of large chollas, such as the tree cholla, the jumping cholla, and the cane cholla.
 
 
 OriginMid 19th century: Mexican Spanish use of Spanish cholla 'skull, head', of unknown origin.    Definition of cholla in US English: chollanounˈCHoi(y)ə A cactus with a cylindrical stem, native to Mexico and the southwestern US. 仙人掌属植物 Genus Cylindropuntia, family Cactaceae: several species, including the densely spiny teddy-bear cholla (C. bigelovii) and the treelike cane cholla (C. spinosior) Example sentencesExamples -  The vegetation is a mix of grasses, annual herbs and isolated patches of mesquite, cholla, ephedra and yucca.
 -  Less than an hour west of Tucson, coasting down State Highway 86 before reaching Kitt Peak and the Baboquivari Mountains, a small hill rises from the cholla, saguaro, and mesquite dotting the landscape.
 -  Land plants include many cacti, the most spectacular of which are the saguaro, with its thick, armlike branches, and a number of large chollas, such as the tree cholla, the jumping cholla, and the cane cholla.
 -  Velvet cactus, prickly pear, Bergerocactus emoryi, and cholla are widespread, often joined by box thorn, a prickly shrub in the nightshade family.
 -  In their desert habitats their diet consists of spiny cactus, yucca pods, creosote bush, cholla, pinyon nuts, seeds, prickly pear, and any available green vegetation.
 
 
 OriginMid 19th century: Mexican Spanish use of Spanish cholla ‘skull, head’, of unknown origin.     |