saltwort

Definition of Saltwort in English :

Noun

1. barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, salsola kali, salsola soda, saltwort

bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash

low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves

batis maritima

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

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noun

1. Also called: glasswort, kali

any of several chenopodiaceous plants of the genus Salsola, esp S. kali, of beaches and salt marshes, which has prickly leaves, striped stems, and small green flowers

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noun

any of a genus (Salsola) of plants of the goosefoot family, growing on seashores or saline soils, including the Russian thistle

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n.

1. Any of several plants of the genus Salsola, native to Eurasia and widely naturalized elsewhere, having stiff, prickly leaves and growing on seashores and in semiarid areas.

2. A low-growing succulent shrub (Batis maritima) native to warm coastal regions of the Americas, having small yellow flowers and thick aromatic leaves.

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