desert holly

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsAtriplex hymenelytra

   Broadersaltbush

Questions about desert holly

What does desert holly mean?

desert holly means "handsome low saltbush of arid southwestern United States and Mexico having blue-green prickly-edged leaves often used for Christmas decoration".

What is another word for desert holly?

Close synonyms include Atriplex hymenelytra. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is desert holly a common word?

desert holly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.