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1. (n.) saltwort
any of various plants growing in saline soil, esp. those belonging to the genus Salsola.
Etymology: (1560–70; trans. of D zoutkruid=zout salt +kruid herb)
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1. (noun) saltwort, barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda
bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
2. (noun) saltwort, Batis maritima
low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves
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1. (noun) saltwort
a name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort
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