Search for crossword answers and clues
Any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil
Answer for the clue "Any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil ", 8 letters:
saltbush
Alternative clues for the word saltbush
Word definitions for saltbush in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Saltbush can refer to: Atriplex , is distributed nearly worldwide from subtropical to temperate and to subarctic regions. Most species rich are Australia , North America , South America and Eurasia . Many species are halophytes and are adapted to dry environments ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of the genus ''Atriplex'' of plants, especially ''Atriplex hortensis'' or (taxlink Atriplex patula species noshow=1), found in dry habitats, that have edible leaves resembling spinach, including many desert and seashore plants and halophytes.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Atriplex \Atriplex\ n. a genus of plants of the goosefoot family ( Chenopodiaceae ); its members include species called orach and saltbush . Syn: genus Atriplex . [WordNet 1.5] ||
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil
Usage examples of saltbush.
Saltbush: Any of a number species of the family Chenopodiaceae, especially of genus Atriplex and of genus Rhagodia, the latter of which is limited to Australia and New Zealand.
When a man sees nothing but sky, sheep and saltbush plain for a year at a time, Barcoo River Races are indeed a Grand Annual meeting.
He preferred the tougher life up north, with its poverty bushes, its Brahminy kites, its silvery river gums, its rock wallabies, its Ruby Saltbush, and its deep red stones.
He took Drumfire back behind the shelter of the dune and tethered him to a low saltbush, then climbed again on foot to the crest.
I thought I was gathering the primroses and sea-pinks that grow among the saltbushes on the slope to the west of the Hanging Cave, when I heard a singing on the rocks below.
Then he was standing beside me and when he shook the saltbushes, showers of drops fell with a tinkling sound and turned as they fell into pure gold, and I caught sight of the lady floating on the water, far out at sea.
Lulled by the susurration of the waves, she sat among saltbushes and watched the evening's glory fade.
There were new saltbushes (planted by Sheeana's people, one of Odrade's entourage said) forming a random gray screen along the encroaching fingers of desert.
Ahead of the line a pair of bustards had been started from the cover of the saltbushes by the thunder of hoofs.