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shola¹

Rhymes with -əʊlə

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From Bengali শোলা (śōla).

noun sholas · sola · solah

  1. countable, uncountable A wild plant of species Aeschynomene aspera, found in Bengal and Assam, having a milky-white, spongy pith used for the manufacture of pith helmets and decorative artifacts.

shola²

Rhymes with -əʊlə

Where it comes from

From Tamil [Term?].

noun sholas

  1. India, historical A wooded ravine; a thicket. At daylight […] we left the Sisipara bungalow, and rode for several miles through a valley interspersed with sholas of rhododendron trees.

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@misc{shola_2026,
  title = {shola},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shola},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}