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salt·wort  (sôltwûrt, -wôrt)

n.

1. Any of several plants of the genus Salsola, especially S. kali, native to the Old World, having stiff, awl-shaped prickly leaves and growing on sandy seashores.

2. A strong-smelling succulent shrub (Batis maritima) native to warm coastal regions of the New World, having unisexual flowers and thick leaves that are flattened on the upper surface.

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saltwort [ˈsɔːltˌwɜːt]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called glasswort kali any of several chenopodiaceous plants of the genus Salsola, esp S. kali, of beaches and salt marshes, which has prickly leaves, striped stems, and small green flowers See also barilla

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for sea milkwort

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	saltwort - bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	2.	saltwort - low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves Batis maritima Batis, genus Batis - small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems