The story
- Spanish · derived fromcholla“head, skull”
- English todaycholla
From a Mexican Spanish use of Spanish cholla (“head, skull”). Compare keel.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
cholla
Today it means: Any of several species of cactus in the genus Cylindropuntia, having very spiny, cylindrical stem segments. Full definition →
Spanish cholla