genus Batis

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1.genus Batis - small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubsBatiscaryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowersBatidaceae, family Batidaceae, saltwort family - family coextensive with genus Batis: saltwortsBatis maritima, saltwort - low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves