'Saltwort' definitions:

Definition of 'saltwort'

(from WordNet)
noun
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]
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 'Saltwort'

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]

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