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How to pronounce cholla in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms opuntia cholla
Type of cactus

Examples of cholla

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Someone should have chucked the eejit into one of those prickly cholla bushes.
From the independent.co.uk
We aborted another hike because we didn't want to encounter a cholla cactus in the dark.
From the bostonherald.com
You'll see ghost flowers, flowering jumping cholla and beavertail cactus.
From the signonsandiego.com
At the end of June and beginning of July, saguaro, prickly pear, and cholla fruits were gathered.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Amidst cholla and saguaro and sun-blistered projections of rock so bleak they might have confounded the Buddha himself.
From the theatlantic.com
Multiple stages of cactus bugs on tree cholla cacti.
From the sciencedaily.com
Snow covers a cholla cactus during a snow storm at the Match Play Championship golf tournament, Wednesday, Feb.
From the metro.co.uk
Cholla cactus grabs at your shoelaces.
From the boston.com
Was his family serenaded by the cactus wrens that build messy ball-shaped nests inside the nearby cholla cactuses in spring?
From the chron.com
More examples
  • Arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico
  • (Opuntia sp.)-several species of spiny cactus having cylindrical stems and branches. The plants are found in many parts of semiarid and arid North America.