How to Use cholla in a Sentence

cholla

noun

• The outlaw and the outcast have always found a home among the yucca and cholla in the desert sprawl of Palm Springs.
  — Margaret Wappler, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2021
• But a good overview starts at the Waddell Trail with its cholla, saguaro and paloverde.
  — Sonja Haller, azcentral, 16 Feb. 2015
• Watch for stray cholla segments in the trail, eager to hitch a ride on any passing shoe.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 Sep. 2022
• One side of the trail is framed by a wall of tall cholla, a plant famous for wicked barbed spines like those of a porcupine.
  — Jason H. Harper, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2021
• Here and elsewhere in the Phoenix region, keep an eye out for teddy-bear cholla.
  — Outside Online, 1 Apr. 2021
• That might have been OK, except the rock was covered with cholla cactus spines.
  — Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register, 21 Mar. 2017
• The cholla fruit had some semblance of moisture, but lacked the leaves’ nutrients.
  — Alex Devoid, azcentral, 27 Mar. 2018
• Chollas View is named for the cholla cactus that once covered the landscape.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2019
• The selection includes cholla buds, mesquite flour and tepary beans.
  — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2020
• Most people have their cholla dug up and removed, but Millet won’t do that.
  — Christine Smallwood, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2022
• Keep an eye out for the foundations of the defunct Spur Cross dude ranch crumbling among cholla and creosote shrubs.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 5 Feb. 2022
• Bighorn sheep amble past fields of cholla cactuses on the coral-colored hills that lead down from Oatman to Topock.
  — Mark Johanson, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2017
• The trail is wide and plush with saguaros, cholla, ocotillo, creosote, yucca and granite boulders.
  — Sonja Haller, azcentral, 9 Feb. 2015
• Massive chain fruit cholla, ocotillo and (of course) saguaros grow profusely on the sunny desert plains.
  — Mare Czinar, azcentral, 15 Jan. 2020
• As the sun dips, the sky blazes orange over the supernatural vista of gnarled Joshua trees and spiky cholla cactuses.
  — Norma Meyer, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 June 2017
• During one of my earliest Joshua Tree hikes, a spindly segment of pencil cholla pierced through the thick rubber of my boot soles.
  — Shawnté Salabert, Outside Online, 28 Oct. 2019
• From alkali flats to scorpions to the cholla cactus that seems to actually leap onto passersby, Nevada is not for the faint of heart.
  — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 19 Sep. 2018
• One 2018 study conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois found that a single spine from a similar type of cactus, the cholla, could lift a half-pound piece of pork (shudder!).
  — Aliese Willard Muhonen, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2022
• Different varieties of the drought-tolerant plant, such as the barrel, saguaro and cholla, can be stewed, pickled, juiced, or even eaten fresh (like dragon fruit), and are a good source of water, fiber and vitamins.
  — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2022
• In addition to jumping cholla, the pair tested golden barrel cactus, brittle prickly pear and a few other common cactus species.
  — Alison Klesman, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2018
• Made with foraged desert juniper, the magenta flowers of the walking stick cholla cactus, osha root, locally farmed Cascade hops, and white sage, the gin conveys cucumber, dill, and earthy flavors.
  — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
• Conservationists see its acres of creosote bush and cholla cactus as a rare habitat for tortoises, pronghorn antelope and an elusive variety of mule deer.
  — Louis Sahagun, latimes.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• Teddy bear, or jumping, cholla also thrive in California, particularly in deserts and desert gardens.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2021
• Following an old dirt road, the trail wanders through classic Sonoran Desert vegetation dominated by turpentine bushes, cholla, yuccas, mesquite trees and colorful spots of wildflowers.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 28 Oct. 2021
• Fruit-bearing thornbush, wolfberry and invasive mistletoe attract birds including cactus wrens, phainopeplas, mockingbirds and doves while rabbits, squirrels and lizards scurry among jojoba bushes and many species of cholla cactus.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024