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sea holly

sea holly noun: a plant of species Eryngium maritimum, of Europe.

sea holly: a plant of species Eryngium maritimum, of Europe
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Noun

sea holly (plural sea hollies)

  1. A plant of species Eryngium maritimum, of Europe.
    1. More generally, any of several species of plants in the genus Eryngium.
  2. A plant of species Acanthus ebracteatus, of southeast Asia.

sea holly meaning in Tamil and Arabic

sea holly in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

sea holly in Arabic

Eryngium
قَرْصَعَنَّة qarṣaʕanna, شِنْدَاب šindāb

Forms of sea holly

pluralsea hollies
alternative formseaholly
alternative formsea-holly

Origin of sea holly

From sea + holly.

Questions about sea holly

What does sea holly mean?
Sea holly means a plant of species Eryngium maritimum, of Europe.
What is sea holly in Tamil?
Sea holly in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Sea holly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sea holly?
Sea holly is a noun.
What is the plural of sea holly?
The plural of sea holly is sea hollies.

Words near sea holly in the dictionary

  1. sea hibiscus
  2. sea hibiscuses
  3. sea hog
  4. sea hogs
  5. sea hollies
  6. sea holly
  7. sea holm
  8. sea holms
  9. sea horse
  10. sea horses
  11. sea hound

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sea holly (page history and authors); sea holly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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