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The Eagles are not saying 'colitas'. They are saying "Goleta's" - a town on the Southern California coast "The warm smell of Goleta's rising in the air".

Don't believe everything you read on lyrics websites.

per wikipedia: Goleta ( /ɡəˈliːtə/; Spanish: ɡoˈleta, "schooner") is a city in southern Santa Barbara County, California, USA. It was incorporated as a city in 2002, after a long period as the largest unincorporated, populated area in the county. As of the 2000 census, the Census-designated place (CDP) had a total population of 55,204, however, a significant portion of the census territory of 2000 did not incorporate into the new city. The population was 29,888 at the 2010 census.
It is known for being near the University of California, Santa Barbara campus, although the CDP of Isla Vista is closer.
The warm smell of Goleta's rising in the air. Not 'colitas'
colitas by olderguy September 22, 2011
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made up word from the eagles, can mean either happiness or even contentness
I feel such colitas around me
colitas by george September 24, 2004
i can feel colitas in the air, the sweet smell of colitas
colitas by george September 24, 2004
As per the "Hotel California" lyrics: “On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair/Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air...."

Here's some more background into the term "colitas" (quelites).

My partner and I came about this kind of a backwards way. I was studying plants prized by local curanderas (female folk healers) of the Northern New Mexico/San Luis Valley area of Colorado, and came upon "quelites," pronounced "Keh-LEE-tehs." The term specifically refers to a local weed that grows prolifically, colloquially known as "lambsquarters." Further research found quelites is a Mexican/American term for any wild green. We've also seen it as a Spanish translation on a bag of spinach from the grocery store. My partner remarked one day, "I know where I've heard that term before," and sang off the first two lines of the Hotel California song, thus the connection. Quelites and colitas are phonetically identical. The term is used in different geographic regions to refer to specific plants that grow locally, but, much like common names in English, can mean quite different species of plants.
We went out to the fields to gather colitas for a salad.
colitas by LBZeep January 21, 2022

Ulcerative Colitis 

A bloody shit disease....quite literally. People who suffer from this non-infectious disease usually end up spending lots of time wrapped around the loo with bloody diarrhoea during flare ups. Caused by person's immune system attacking large intestines lining causing inflammation and ulcers, loss of appetite and generally feeling like utter crap. Medication can usually help to control it though some have awful side effects such as moon face
Stuart: "hey why did that hot chick run off to the loo so quickly?"
Bob: "Ahhh she's got the ulcerative colitis shits, she's going to be a while..."

Clitastrophe 

Noun

-A non-specific clitorally focused catastrophe.

Such as, but not limited to;

1. Not finding the clitorus

2. Man- handling the clitorus with the same strength and aggression as you would your cock.

3. When she has a shewang bigger than your cock

4. Having to suck your girlfriend's shewang.
"Babe, it's a total clitastrophe, i mean, what do i have to do? Draw him a map so he knows where it is?!"
Belinda complained to Diana as they discussed last nights crappy sex with Daniel and his inability to find the clitorus.
Clitastrophe by rapunzabel June 11, 2017

Coitastrophe 

Catastrophic coitus. Aka terrible sex. When the P and the V just don't seem to sync correctly.
How was your date with Brian?

It was fine until we got back to my place. He couldn't keep it up. The cat tried to bite his dick. So I just blew him, so it would all be over. It was a coitastrophe.
Coitastrophe by OMR-Louisville February 23, 2015