ATRIPLEX HYMENELYTRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Atriplex hymenelytra mean? 

• ATRIPLEX HYMENELYTRA (noun)
  The noun ATRIPLEX HYMENELYTRA 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: ATRIPLEX HYMENELYTRA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATRIPLEX HYMENELYTRA (noun)

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 ("Atriplex hymenelytra" is a kind of...):

saltbush (any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil)