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sea holly
noun
- the eryngo, Eryngium maritimum.
sea holly
noun
- a European umbelliferous plant, Eryngium maritimum, of sandy shores, having spiny bluish-green stems and blue flowers
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sea holly1
First recorded in 1540–50
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Example Sentences
Its wild thyme will remain only in patches on its Trwyn, and its sandhills will be glaucous with the blue sea-holly no more.
From Project Gutenberg
Sea-holly (Eryngium) is another family of July-flowering plants that does well on poor, sandy soils that have been deeply stirred.
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This entailed the abolition of our beautiful decorations—our sea-holly and ferns; also some anxious looks from our handmaiden.
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The lizards bask in the hot sand; the delicate, pale sea-holly mingles with the yellow of the evening primrose.
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Only the singular, pale blue sea-holly, growing amid the sear, colorless heath-grass.
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