cholla

English

Cholla cactus

Etymology

Spanish cholla.

Noun

cholla (plural chollas)

1. Any of several species of cactus in the genus , 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, “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^[1]:

     On the front nine, Jones stuck to Woods like a cholla cactus.

Derived terms

• jumping cholla

Translations

cactus

• Navajo: hosh aditsahii
• Panamint: wiyattampü
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Quechua: atuq waqachi
• Spanish: cholla (es) f

See also

• cholla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cylindropuntia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French cholle (“head”), from a (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  origin (compare English keel).

Noun

cholla f (plural chollas)

1. cholla (cactus)
2. reason, understanding
3. (colloquial) head

See also

• cholla on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es