Define the word saltwort"Saltwort" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
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.
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Black saltwort, the sea milkwort.
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"saltwort" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
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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