Definitions for saltbushˈsɔltˌbʊʃ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

salt•bushˈsɔltˌbʊʃ(n.)

  1. any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Atriplex, of the goosefoot family, that have mostly alternate leaves and clusters of inconspicuous flowers, often growing in saline or alkaline soil.

    Category: Plants

Origin of saltbush:

1860–65

Princeton's WordNet

  1. saltbush(noun)

    any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil

Wiktionary

  1. saltbush(Noun)

    Any of the genus Atriplex of plants, including many desert and seashore plants and halophytes.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Saltbush(noun)

    an Australian plant (Atriplex nummularia) of the Goosefoot family


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