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Saltwort

Saltwort Meaning & Definition
Saltwort Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Saltwort?

[n] low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves
[n] bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash

Synonyms | Synonyms for Saltwort: barilla | Batis maritima | glasswort | kali | kelpwort | Salsola kali | Salsola soda

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See Also | Batis | bush | genus Batis | shrub

Saltwort In Webster's Dictionary

\Salt"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the {Batis maritima}, and the glasswort. See {Glasswort}. {Black saltwort}, the sea milkwort.

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