cholla
English edit
Etymology edit
Spanish cholla, possibly from Old French cholle (“head”), of Germanic origin. Compare keel.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cholla (plural chollas)
- Any of several species of cactus in the genus Cylindropuntia, having very spiny, cylindrical stem segments.
- 1889 January 26, “Archæological camping in Arizona”, in American Architect and Architecture, volume 52, page 43:
- Throughout Arizona the floors of such caves are found covered with a deep bed of chollas.
- 1890 October, “A Series of Eggs of Palmer's Thrasher”, in The Ornithologist and Oölogist, volume 15, page 155:
- The cholla was two feet high, and six feet in diameter.
- 2009 February 26, Karen Crouse, “Woods Returns as He Left: A Winner”, in New York Times[1]:
- On the front nine, Jones stuck to Woods like a cholla cactus.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
cactus
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See also edit
- cholla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cylindropuntia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cholla
- Lenited form of colla.
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- Syllabification: cho‧lla
Etymology 1 edit
Possibly from Old French cholle (“head”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *keula (“mace”), earlier "lump, lump of coal," from Proto-Germanic *kulą.[1]
Noun edit
cholla f (plural chollas)
- cholla (cactus)
- (figurative) reason, understanding
- (colloquial, Honduras) head
- (colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) laziness
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
cholla
- inflection of chollar:
See also edit
- cholla on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
References edit
Further reading edit
- “cholla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog edit
Noun edit
cholla (masculine chollo, Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜎ)
- Alternative spelling of chola