Shola
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Shola is a noun meaning (India, historical) A wooded ravine; a thicket.
Meaning
(India, historical) A wooded ravine; a thicket.
More Meanings
- 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.
Example Sentences
Here and there in the hollows were little jungles; sholas, as they are called.
At daylight […] we left the Sisipara bungalow, and rode for several miles through a valley interspersed with sholas of rhododendron trees.
Word Forms
- sholas
Related Words
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