saltbush

3 definitions found

saltbush - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Saltbush \Salt"bush`\, n. (Bot.)
     An Australian plant (Atriplex nummularia) of the Goosefoot
     family.
     [1913 Webster]

  Atriplex \Atriplex\ n.
     a genus of plants of the goosefoot family (Chenopodiaceae);
     its members include species called orach and saltbush.
  
     Syn: genus Atriplex.
          [WordNet 1.5]

saltbush - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  saltbush
      n 1: any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that
           thrive in dry alkaline soil