saltwort

salt·wort

S0049500 (sôlt′wûrt′, -wôrt′)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.

saltwort

(ˈsɔːltˌwɜːt) n1. (Plants) Also called: glasswort or 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. See also barilla2. (Plants) another name for sea milkwort

salt•wort

(ˈsɔltˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt)

n. any of various plants growing in saline soil, esp. those belonging to the genus Salsola. [1560–70; translation of Dutch zoutkruid=zout salt + kruid herb]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	saltwort - bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ashbarilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola sodabush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	2.	saltwort - low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leavesBatis maritimaBatis, genus Batis - small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubsbush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems