| 单词 | walking stick cholla |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswalking stick cholla b. Chiefly U.S. In full walking stick cholla. A cholla cactus, Opuntia imbricata, of arid regions of North America, the dead stems of which are sometimes made into walking sticks. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > North American arrowwood1578 white pine1682 wicopy1704 American olive1772 pumpkin pine1809 mountain mahogany1810 redwood1819 western yellow pine1857 western hemlock1867 western red cedar1874 Sitka cedar1875 ponderosa1878 walking stick1910 1886 A. Blanc & Co. Catal. & Hints on Cacti 53/1 O. Arborescens (the Walking Stick or Elk-Horn Cactus). This species, which grows in Colorado and contiguous districts, has a narrow and much-branched stem, which often rises to a considerable height. 1910 Friar Park, Henley, Guide (ed. 3) 184 Walking-stick or Elk-horn (Opuntia arborescens), the woody stems are made into walking-sticks. 1983 Southwestern Naturalist 28 200 Walking stick cholla (Opuntia imbricata) and broom snakeweed are very common in some areas. 1996 Boston Globe (Nexis) 28 July m1 I circled the cactus, a walking stick cholla, and stood on tiptoe to peer into a softball-sized bird's nest cradled in its knobby green arms. 2007 P. Greenwood Beside Rio Hondo 36 In my hand I turn the woody skeleton of the walkingstick cholla, once used for canes, a hollow cylinder with a diamond mesh. < as lemmas |
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