saltbush

/ˌsɔltˈbʊʃ/

Other forms: saltbushes

Definitions of saltbush

1. noun

   any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil
   types:

   Atriplex hymenelytra, desert holly

   handsome low saltbush of arid southwestern United States and Mexico having blue-green prickly-edged leaves often used for Christmas decoration

   Atriplex lentiformis, quail brush, quail bush, white thistle

   spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico

   type of:

   bush, shrub

   a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems