saltwort family

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1.saltwort family - family coextensive with genus Batis: saltwortsBatidaceae, family Batidaceaecaryophylloid dicot family - family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowersCaryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order Caryophyllales, order-Chenopodiales - corresponds approximately to the older group CentrospermaeBatis, genus Batis - small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs