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Chiefly Old World herbs or shrubs saltworts
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salsola
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) Any member of the genus ''Salsola'' of amarantaceous plants, including the saltwort.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Soda \So"da\, n. [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having probably been a name of glasswort. See Solid .] (Chem.) Sodium oxide or hydroxide. Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Sodium bicarbonate ...
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Salsola is a genus of the subfamily Salsoloideae in the family Amaranthaceae . The genus sensu stricto is distributed in central and southwestern Asia, North Africa, and the Mediterranean. A common name of various members of this genus and related genera ...
Usage examples of salsola.
The leaflets are raised in Sphaerophysa salsola, Colutea arborea, and Astragalus uliginosus, but are depressed, according to Linnaeus, in Glycyrrhiza.