Meaning of shola | Babel Free

Definitions

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.
   countable, uncountable
2. A wooded ravine; a thicket.
   India, historical

Examples

“At daylight […] we left the Sisipara bungalow, and rode for several miles through a valley interspersed with sholas of rhododendron trees.”

“Here and there in the hollows were little jungles; sholas, as they are called.”

CEFR level