cholla

/chohl-yah, -yuh; Spanish chaw-yah/US // ˈtʃoʊl yɑ, -yə; Spanish ˈtʃɔ yɑ //UK // (ˈtʃəʊljɑː, Spanish ˈtʃoʎa) //

花冠,花环,花椰菜,花冠状

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural chol·las [chohl-yahz, -yuhz; Spanish chaw-yahs]. /ˈtʃoʊl yɑz, -yəz; Spanish ˈtʃɔ yɑs/.
- : any of several spiny treelike cacti belonging to the genus Opuntia, especially O. fulgida of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having knobby outgrowths and yellow spines.

Here and elsewhere in the Phoenix region, keep an eye out for teddy-bear cholla.
He had scratches on his wrist, maybe from a cholla cactus or from sleeping under a mesquite tree.
The dried heaps of cholla stirred as if unseen paws had pressed them.
As they reached the open trail, thrush and to-hee fluttered from the cholla.
Cholla, a suburb of Catamarca, is inhabited wholly by Calchaqui Indians, a remnant of the original inhabitants of this region.
The designation “Cane Cacti” is also applied to the Cholla in allusion to their stems, from which cactus canes are manufactured.
The fruit becomes dry after ripening, and like many a Cholla fruit remains green upon the plant for a year or even longer.