Usually means: Spiny cactus native to deserts.
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  1. cholla: Merriam-Webster
  2. cholla: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cholla: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cholla: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cholla: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cholla, cholla: Wordnik
  7. cholla: Wiktionary
  8. cholla: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. cholla: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. cholla: Dictionary.com
  11. Cholla (horse), Cholla: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. cholla: Rhymezone
  13. cholla: FreeDictionary.org
  14. cholla: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. cholla: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. cholla: Encyclopedia

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  1. Cholla: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cholla)

▸ noun:  Any of several species of cactus in the genus Cylindropuntia, having very spiny, cylindrical stem segments.

Similar:
opuntia cholla, jumping cholla, snake cactus, chin cactus, cactus, cardon, barrel cactus, cereus, hedgehog cactus, organ pipe cactus, more...

Types:
teddy bear, jumping, prickly pear, tree, saguaro, more...

Phrases:
cholla cactus, jumping cholla, cane cholla, opuntia cholla, Cholla Power Plant, more...

Adjectives:
staghorn, bear, teddy, spiny, teddybear, non, thorny, opuntia, horned, dead

Colors:
    sage,     olive,     sand,     rust,     cactus green, more...

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Similar:
opuntia cholla, jumping cholla, snake cactus, chin cactus, cactus, cardon, barrel cactus, cereus, hedgehog cactus, organ pipe cactus, more...

Types:
teddy bear, jumping, prickly pear, tree, saguaro, more...

Phrases:
cholla cactus, jumping cholla, cane cholla, opuntia cholla, Cholla Power Plant, more...

Adjectives:
staghorn, bear, teddy, spiny, teddybear, non, thorny, opuntia, horned, dead

Colors:
    sage,     olive,     sand,     rust,     cactus green, more...



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