jumping cholla

noun

jumping cholla

noun

Etymology jumping + cholla, from the way its spiny stem segments break off and stick to skin and clothing at even the lightest (sometimes imperceptible) touch.

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A cactus of species Cylindropuntia fulgida, of the southwestern US and Sonora in Mexico.

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