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

• barilla
• glasswort
• kali
• kelpwort
• salsola kali
• salsola soda

2. (noun) 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

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

• batis
• genus batis

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

• bush
• shrub

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

• bush
• shrub