tola noun2 •A unit of mass used in India, equal to the mass of a silver rupee coin, fixed at 180 troy grains (11.663 8038 grams) in 1833, and of a similar but slightly variable value before that date.Mr. Muhammad Sufyan, however, gained no weight: not a tola, not an ounce. — 1988 •A South American grassland shrub of the genus Parastrephia. formstolas