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cholla

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈt͡ʃɔɪ.ə/Part of speech nounSorted achlloStarts with CEnds with A0 clues
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Definitions

  1. arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • Throughout Arizona the floors of such caves are found covered with a deep bed of chollas.
  • The cholla was two feet high, and six feet in diameter.
  • The terrain was thick with cholla and clumps of it clung to the horses with spikes that would drive through a bootsole to the bones within […]

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