1. handsome low saltbush of arid southwestern United States and Mexico having blue-green prickly-edged leaves often used for Christmas decoration; [syn: desert holly, Atriplex hymenelytra]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
desert holly
n 1: handsome low saltbush of arid southwestern United States
and Mexico having blue-green prickly-edged leaves often
used for Christmas decoration [syn: desert holly,
Atriplex hymenelytra]