saltwort

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saltwort - 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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Black saltwort, the sea milkwort.
        [1913 Webster]

saltwort - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  saltwort
      n 1: bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches
           having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
           [syn: saltwort, 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: saltwort, Batis maritima]