Low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves

• Burned to produce a crude soda ash
• Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (taxlink Batis maritima species noshow=1), a plant distributed in the southwestern United States, Caribbean, and South America in coastal saltmarshes. 2 (taxlink Glaux maritima species noshow=1), a plant in the primrose family (Primulaceae) and which ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Saltwort is a common name for various genera of flowering plants that thrive in salty environments, typically in coastal salt marshes and seashores, including: :* Salsola :* Salicornia :* Tecticornia :* Sarcocornia :* Suaeda :* Halogeton :* and others: ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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 ] low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.