cholla

chol·la

C0321300 (choi′ə)n. Any of several spiny, shrubby or treelike opuntias having cylindrical stem segments.

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[American Spanish, from obsolete Spanish, upper part of the head, possibly from Old French cholle, round lump, head, of Germanic origin.]

cholla

(ˈtʃəʊljɑː; Spanish ˈtʃoʎa) n (Plants) any of several spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia that grow in the southwestern US and Mexico and have cylindrical stem segments. See also prickly pear[Mexican Spanish, from Spanish: head, perhaps from Old French (dialect) cholle ball, of Germanic origin]

chol•la

(ˈtʃɔɪ ə)

n., pl. -las. any of several cylindrical treelike cacti of the genus Opuntia, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., having yellow spines. [1855–60, Amer.; < Mexican Spanish cholla head]

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cholla - arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and MexicoOpuntia chollacactus - any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spinesgenus Opuntia, Opuntia - large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears

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cholla