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Definition of Desert holly
1. Noun. Handsome low saltbush of arid southwestern United States and Mexico having blue-green prickly-edged leaves often used for Christmas decoration.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Desert Holly
Literary usage of Desert holly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. California Desert Trails by Joseph Smeaton Chase (1919)
"... which I have seen sold on the streets of Los Angeles at Christmas under the
name of desert holly. It is a low shrub, with stiff, holly-like leaves and ..."
2. Nature and Science on the Pacific Coast: A Guide-book for Scientific by Pacific Coast Committee, Betty Hoag McGlynn (1915)
"In rocky or gravelly situations, wherever the soil is slightly alkaline, the
desert holly(Atriplex ..."
3. The Story of Arizona by William Henry Robinson (1919)
"... gilias, wild flax, evening primroses and desert holly. There are more than
two hundred of these early blooming flowers, most of them small annuals, ..."
4. Planet Geographyby Stephen Codrington by Stephen Codrington (2005)
"Lower Sonoran Zone xerophytes; especially creosote bush, with desert-holly at
foot of the fans; ..."
5. Wild Land Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium: Proceedings edited by Bruce A. Roundy, E. Durant McArthur, Jennifer S. Hayley, David K. Mann (1996)
"... was similar to open areas. The open canopy structure of cholla may result in
similar environmental conditions under and between canopies. desert holly ..."
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