Hypertext Webster Gateway: "saltwort"
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) 1.7 (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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