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cholla

  • /ˈt͡ʃɔɪ.ə/

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From a Mexican Spanish use of Spanish cholla (“head, skull”). Compare keel.

noun chollas

  1. Any of several species of cactus in the genus Cylindropuntia, having very spiny, cylindrical stem segments. Throughout Arizona the floors of such caves are found covered with a deep bed of chollas.

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noun cactus

Españolcholla
Русскийцилиндропу́нция cilindropúncija

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"cholla." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cholla. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{cholla_2026,
  title = {cholla},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cholla},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}