Burned to produce a crude soda ash

• Low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves
• Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves

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.

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: ...

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 ...