DESERT HOLLY

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Handsome low saltbush of arid southwestern United States and Mexico having blue-green prickly-edged leaves often used for Christmas decoration

Synonyms:

Atriplex hymenelytra; desert holly

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Nouns denoting plants

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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