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saltwort

DEFINITIONS OF: saltwort

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

Synonyms:
Salsola kali, Salsola soda, barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort
Type of:
bush, shrub
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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

Synonyms:
Batis maritima
Type of:
bush, shrub
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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