cholla

Questions about cholla

What does cholla mean?

cholla means "arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico".

How many syllables are in cholla?

cholla has 2 syllables: chol-la. The stress falls on "chol". In IPA it is /ˈtʃɑlə/.

What is another word for cholla?

Close synonyms include Opuntia cholla. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cholla a common word?

cholla is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.