chollan.
/ˈtʃɔɪə/ U.S.
One or other of several species of Opuntia, native to the south-western U.S. and Mexico.
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1846 A. Robinson Life in Calif. vii. 102 A large tract covered with choyas, or prickly pears.
1891 Cent. Mag. Mar. 659 Their knees were full of the thorns of the cholla cactus.
1907 S. E. White Arizona Nights (U.K. ed.) i. xii. 186 The hill I had to climb was steep and covered with chollas.
1907 S. E. White Arizona Nights (U.K. ed.) i. xii. 186 I..slipped down the bluff getting pretty well stuck up with the cholla spines.
1909 in C. R. Orcutt Amer. Plants II. 403 The cholla cactus (Opuntia prolifera) attains a height of six feet.
1955 J. B. Priestley & J. Hawkes Journey down Rainbow xii. 171 Cacti..that is what I miss most. Not only the saguara..the prickly pear, and the inflammable cholla.
1970 Sci. Amer. Feb. 96 (caption) Cholla cactus and creosote bush are the principal plants in this arid section of..California.
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