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DESERT HOLLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does desert holly mean?
• DESERT HOLLY (noun)
The noun DESERT HOLLY has 1 sense:
1. handsome low saltbush of arid southwestern United States and Mexico having blue-green prickly-edged leaves often used for Christmas decoration
Familiarity information: DESERT HOLLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Handsome low saltbush of arid southwestern United States and Mexico having blue-green prickly-edged leaves often used for Christmas decoration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Atriplex hymenelytra; desert holly
Hypernyms ("desert holly" is a kind of...):
saltbush (any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil)
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