Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun desert_holly
1 sense of desert holly
Sense 1
desert holly, Atriplex hymenelytra -- (handsome low saltbush of arid southwestern United States and Mexico having blue-green prickly-edged leaves often used for Christmas decoration)
=> saltbush -- (any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil)