shola

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noun

A wild plant of species Aeschynomene aspera, found in Bengal and Assam, having a milky-white, spongy pith used for the manufacture of pith helmets and decorative artifacts.

OriginBengali শোলা →
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Meanings

shola1

nounshola (countable and uncountable, plural sholas)

plural sholas · alternative sola · alternative solah

  1. countableuncountableA wild plant of species Aeschynomene aspera, found in Bengal and Assam, having a milky-white, spongy pith used for the manufacture of pith helmets and decorative artifacts.

shola2

nounshola (plural sholas)

plural sholas

  1. IndiahistoricalA wooded ravine; a thicket.

    Here and there in the hollows were little jungles; sholas, as they are called.

    1876, Sir M. E. Grant-Duff, Notes of Indian Journey, page 202
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    At daylight […] we left the Sisipara bungalow, and rode for several miles through a valley interspersed with sholas of rhododendron trees.

    1862, Markham, Peru and India, page 356

Origin

shola · noun

  1. Bengaliশোলা
  2. Englishshola

From Bengali শোলা (śōla).

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shola · noun

  1. Tamil[Term?]
  2. Englishshola

From Tamil [Term?].

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with shola

MotorolaAngolacolaPensacolaviolalolaOsceolacanolaholaRollagondolanolabolagranolaTortolakolaebolamineolaIolamolaApalachicolagorgonzolaareolapayola
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Anagrams

shoalSohal
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APA

shola. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shola

MLA

“shola.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shola. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shola,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shola.

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