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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]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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saltwort noun
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]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
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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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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