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sea holly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables
sea hol-ly
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant of species Eryngium maritimum, of Europe.

noun

A plant of species Eryngium maritimum, of Europe.

noun

A plant of species Acanthus ebracteatus, of southeast Asia.

Etymology

From sea + holly.

Inflected Forms

sea hollies (plural) seaholly (alternative) sea-holly (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

eryngo

Synonyms

bear's breech bear's breeches acanthus mollis sea holm sea eryngium eryngium maritimum

Questions

What does sea holly mean?
A plant of species Eryngium maritimum, of Europe.
Where does sea holly come from?
From sea + holly.

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