sea holly

Questions about sea holly

What does sea holly mean?

sea holly means "European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiac". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for sea holly?

Close synonyms include sea holm, sea eryngium, Eryngium maritimum, bear's breech, bear's breeches. 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 sea holly a common word?

sea holly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.