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Definition of Cholla
1. Noun. Arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico.
Definition of Cholla
1. Noun. Any of several species of cactus in the genus ''Cylindropuntia'', having very spiny, cylindrical stem segments. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cholla
1. a treelike cactus [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cholla
Literary usage of Cholla
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Clan Donald by Angus Macdonald (1896)
"... AND THE CLAN cholla.—12M-1329. Death of Alexander III., and subsequent
Anarchy.—Angus Mor's Relation to Scottish Parties.—Convention of Estates Settling ..."
2. Warmwater Fisheries: Symposium I (1991) edited by James L. Cooper, R. H. Hamre (1999)
"Water temperatures such as those in cholla Lake have been reported to significantly
decrease in the numbers of aquatic invertebrates, ..."
3. The Celtic Monthly: A Magazine for Highlanders (1903)
"... and in order to apprize his master of the position of affairs he played the
Pibroch ever since associated with the incident :— A cholla, mo ruin, ..."
4. The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany (1822)
"... Kings” are said to have reigned in the North of the Carnatic, and the “cholla
Kings” in the South; but, unless they reigned ..."
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