How to Use cholla in a Sentence

cholla

noun

• 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
• He was covered in hundreds of cholla cactus spines from nose to tail and could not move.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 10 June 2026
• 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
• Here and elsewhere in the Phoenix region, keep an eye out for teddy-bear cholla.
  — Outside Online, 1 Apr. 2021
• 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
• The cholla fruit had some semblance of moisture, but lacked the leaves’ nutrients.
  — Alex Devoid, azcentral, 27 Mar. 2018
• But a good overview starts at the Waddell Trail with its cholla, saguaro and paloverde.
  — Sonja Haller, azcentral, 16 Feb. 2015
• Instead, the outstretched arm of a cholla cactus was the culprit.
  — Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Feb. 2025
• As the light catches the cholla needles, the cactus glows like a neon sign in Vegas.
  — Maggie Downs, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
• Chollas View is named for the cholla cactus that once covered the landscape.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2019
• Saguaros might reign supreme in the park, but cholla, prickly pear and barrel cactus also have a presence.
  — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 27 Apr. 2026
• That might have been OK, except the rock was covered with cholla cactus spines.
  — Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register, 21 Mar. 2017
• The trail is wide and plush with saguaros, cholla, ocotillo, creosote, yucca and granite boulders.
  — Sonja Haller, azcentral, 9 Feb. 2015
• Pebbles twitched, branches waggled, cholla wiggled, weeds erupted then dried up and died.
  — Alina Hartounian, NPR, 20 Apr. 2026
• The trail continues east for about half a mile, surrounded by cholla and desert shrubs, before turning north.
  — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
• 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
• 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
• The pup had likely collided with a cholla, and its spines — barbed like fishhooks — were embedded across his face, legs, stomach and paws.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 10 June 2026
• The park is also home to a few different species of cacti—cholla, paperspine, prickly pear, and hedgehog.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2026
• 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
• Cactus spines are not toxic, but getting pierced by a jumping cholla, prickly pear or other cactus spine can be painful and could lead to infection.
  — Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2024
• The area is rugged in places, with rocky slopes, narrow canyons and desert vegetation like creosote, palo verde, mesquite, cholla cactus and bunch grasses.
  — Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 6 Feb. 2026
• From summer into fall, berries and cactus fruit, including cholla, saguaro, and prickly pear, become an important part of the diet.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 28 Mar. 2024
• 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
• 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
• The cholla spines, on the other hand, were hardest to remove from pig tissue; testing showed that a single cholla spine could hook into flesh effectively enough to lift half a pound of pork by the skin.
  — Alison Klesman, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2018
• Keep an eye out for more blooming succulents like the yucca, cholla cactus, hedgehog cactus, beavertail cactus, and Mojave mound cactus.
  — Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• 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