Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several spiny, shrubby or treelike opuntias having cylindrical stem segments.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the Southwestern United States and Mexico, a name given to several species of Opuntia with stout cylindrical joints and abundant spines, such as O. prolifera, O. Bigelovii, and O. Cholla.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several species of
cactus in the genus Cylindropuntia, having very spiny, cylindricalstem segments.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Cane cactus (Opuntia arborescens) — Cane or whip cactus (also known as cholla, candelabrum cactus, prickly pear, etc.) is scattered over the entire Chaco area.
Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico : 1937
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Residential development on bajadas is eliminating the habitat of bajadas-dependent species such as cholla cacti (Opuntia) and columnar cacti such as saguaro.
Sonoran desert 2009
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Amidst cholla and saguaro and sun-blistered projections of rock so bleak they might have confounded the Buddha himself.
The Silence 2010
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Amidst cholla and saguaro and sun-blistered projections of rock so bleak they might have confounded the Buddha himself.
The Silence 2010
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Amidst cholla and saguaro and sun-blistered projections of rock so bleak they might have confounded the Buddha himself.
The Silence 2010
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With extreme cold, a cholla cactus in Santa Fe can turn from bright summer green to deep red.
Subhankar Banerjee: Extreme Weather Report From Home: The Thong Will Drop Subhankar Banerjee 2011
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I will your presence with songs like apples in a basket of straw, whispered dreams like rainfall on flowers, on cholla, on deserts, on the hungering sand.
The High Sonora - a sonata in four movements James Lloyd Davis 2011
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Marrow like lace, piece of a skull, upturned cup, fingerbones scattered like corn and ribs interlaced like cholla.
Pony Positive Day Two rabid1st 2009
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I will your presence with songs like apples in a basket of straw, whispered dreams like rainfall on flowers, on cholla, on deserts, on the hungering sand.
The High Sonora - a sonata in four movements James Lloyd Davis 2011
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With extreme cold, a cholla cactus in Santa Fe can turn from bright summer green to deep red.
Subhankar Banerjee: Extreme Weather Report From Home: The Thong Will Drop Subhankar Banerjee 2011
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