atriplex | (n) orach; saltbush, Syn. genus Atriplex |
desert holly | (n) handsome low saltbush of arid southwestern United States and Mexico having blue-green prickly-edged leaves often used for Christmas decoration, Syn. Atriplex hymenelytra |
garden orache | (n) Asiatic plant resembling spinach often used as a potherb; naturalized in Europe and North America, Syn. mountain spinach, Atriplex hortensis |
jerusalem oak | (n) Eurasian aromatic oak-leaved goosefoot with many yellow-green flowers; naturalized North America, Syn. Mexican tea, Atriplex mexicana, Chenopodium botrys, feather geranium |
quail bush | (n) spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico, Syn. white thistle, Atriplex lentiformis, quail brush |
ternary | (adj) having three units or components or elements, Syn. triplex, treble, triple |