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countable and uncountable, plural sholas
A wild plant found in Bengal and Assam, Aeschynomene aspera, having a milky-white, spongy pith used for the manufacture of pith helmets and decorative artefacts. examples
plural sholas
(India, historical) A wooded ravine; a thicket. quotations
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
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