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saltwort |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Saltwort \Salt"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the {Batis maritima}, and the glasswort. See {Glasswort}. {Black saltwort}, the sea milkwort. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: saltwort n 1: bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash [syn: {barilla}, {glasswort}, {kali}, {kelpwort}, {Salsola kali}, {Salsola soda}] 2: low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves [syn: {Batis maritima}]
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