English noun: saltwort | |||
1. | saltwort (plant) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash | ||
Synonyms | barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bush, shrub | ||
2. | saltwort (plant) low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves | ||
Synonyms | Batis maritima | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bush, shrub | ||
Member meronym | Batis, genus Batis | ||