shola

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -əʊlə

Etymology 1

From Bengali শোলা (śōla).

Noun

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.
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Etymology 2

From Tamil [Term?].

Noun

shola (plural sholas)

  1. (India, historical) A wooded ravine; a thicket.
    • 1862, Markham, Peru and India, page 356:
      At daylight […] we left the Sisipara bungalow, and rode for several miles through a valley interspersed with sholas of rhododendron trees.
    • 1876, Sir M. E. Grant-Duff, Notes of Indian Journey, page 202:
      Here and there in the hollows were little jungles; sholas, as they are called.

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