sea holly


noun

the eryngo, Eryngium maritimum.

Origin of sea holly

First recorded in 1540–50

Example sentences from the Web for sea holly

  • The rising wind whistled in the prickly star-grass and sea-holly.

    The Light of Scarthey |Egerton Castle
  • Sea-holly (Eryngium) is another family of July-flowering plants that does well on poor, sandy soils that have been deeply stirred.

    Wood and Garden |Gertrude Jekyll
  • This entailed the abolition of our beautiful decorations—our sea-holly and ferns; also some anxious looks from our handmaiden.

British Dictionary definitions for sea holly

sea holly

noun

a European umbelliferous plant, Eryngium maritimum, of sandy shores, having spiny bluish-green stems and blue flowers