Definitions for salt marsh
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
salt′ marsh`(n.)
a marshy tract that is wet with salt water or flooded by the sea.
Category: Ecology
Origin of salt marsh:
bef. 1000
Wiktionary
salt marsh(Noun)
A marsh of saline water, found in the intertidal zone between land and sea, characterized by halophytic plants such as grasses and sedges adapted to periodic flooding with salt water.
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