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ATRIPLEX HYMENELYTRA
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I. (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
Synonyms:
Atriplex hymenelytra; desert holly
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Hypernyms ("Atriplex hymenelytra" is a kind of...):
saltbush (any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil)