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salsuginous, a.|sælˈsjuːdʒɪnəs|
Also 7 -eous, -os.
[f. L. salsūgin-em saltness (f. sals-us adj., salt) + -ous.]
†a. Impregnated with salt; brackish. Obs.
b. Of plants: Growing in salt-impregnated soil.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 677 A certain..salsugineous liquor is educed. 1664Boyle Experim. Colours iii. xl. Refl. 314 Salts..are discriminated into Acid, Volatile, or Salsuginous (if I may for Distinction sake so call the Fugitive Salts of Animal Substances) and fix'd or Alcalizate. 1665Dudley Mettall. Martis (1851) 38 His white Arcenical, Salsuginos and Sulphurious substance which is in that Cole. 1669W. Simpson Hydrol. Chym. 54 If this acidulated water find a salsuginous glebe, it becomes coagulated. 1731Medley Kolben's Cape G. Hope II. 302 'Tis owing to the salsuginous nature of the valley grass, that the Cape graziers never give..their..cattle any salt to lick. 1897Syd. Soc. Lex., Salsuginous, epithet applied to plants that grow in a soil that is impregnated with common salt. |