'Batis maritima' definitions:
Definition of 'Batis maritima'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
Definition of 'Batis maritima'
From: GCIDE
- 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]