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sholas

sholas is the plural of shola.

Meaning of shola

Noun (1)

shola (countable and uncountable, plural sholas)

  1. 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.

Noun (2)

shola (plural sholas)

  1. (India, historical) A wooded ravine; a thicket.
    • 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

Questions about sholas

What is sholas the plural of?
Sholas is the plural of shola.

Words near sholas in the dictionary

  1. shokunin
  2. shola
  3. Sholapur
  4. Sholar
  5. Sholars
  6. sholas
  7. shold
  8. sholde
  9. shole
  10. sholes
  11. Sholeses

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