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词汇 cholla
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Definition of cholla in English:

cholla

noun ˈtʃɔɪəˈCHoi(y)ə
  • A cactus with a cylindrical stem, native to Mexico and the south-western US.

    仙人掌属植物

    Genus Opuntia, family Cactaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In their desert habitats their diet consists of spiny cactus, yucca pods, creosote bush, cholla, pinyon nuts, seeds, prickly pear, and any available green vegetation.
    • Less than an hour west of Tucson, coasting down State Highway 86 before reaching Kitt Peak and the Baboquivari Mountains, a small hill rises from the cholla, saguaro, and mesquite dotting the landscape.
    • The vegetation is a mix of grasses, annual herbs and isolated patches of mesquite, cholla, ephedra and yucca.
    • Velvet cactus, prickly pear, Bergerocactus emoryi, and cholla are widespread, often joined by box thorn, a prickly shrub in the nightshade family.
    • Land plants include many cacti, the most spectacular of which are the saguaro, with its thick, armlike branches, and a number of large chollas, such as the tree cholla, the jumping cholla, and the cane cholla.

Origin

Mid 19th century: Mexican Spanish use of Spanish cholla 'skull, head', of unknown origin.

Definition of cholla in US English:

cholla

nounˈCHoi(y)ə
  • A cactus with a cylindrical stem, native to Mexico and the southwestern US.

    仙人掌属植物

    Genus Cylindropuntia, family Cactaceae: several species, including the densely spiny teddy-bear cholla (C. bigelovii) and the treelike cane cholla (C. spinosior)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The vegetation is a mix of grasses, annual herbs and isolated patches of mesquite, cholla, ephedra and yucca.
    • Less than an hour west of Tucson, coasting down State Highway 86 before reaching Kitt Peak and the Baboquivari Mountains, a small hill rises from the cholla, saguaro, and mesquite dotting the landscape.
    • Land plants include many cacti, the most spectacular of which are the saguaro, with its thick, armlike branches, and a number of large chollas, such as the tree cholla, the jumping cholla, and the cane cholla.
    • Velvet cactus, prickly pear, Bergerocactus emoryi, and cholla are widespread, often joined by box thorn, a prickly shrub in the nightshade family.
    • In their desert habitats their diet consists of spiny cactus, yucca pods, creosote bush, cholla, pinyon nuts, seeds, prickly pear, and any available green vegetation.

Origin

Mid 19th century: Mexican Spanish use of Spanish cholla ‘skull, head’, of unknown origin.

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