SALTWORT
Dictionary entry overview: What does saltwort mean? • SALTWORT (noun)
The noun SALTWORT has 2 senses:
1. bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
2. low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves
Familiarity information: SALTWORT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SALTWORT (noun)
Meaning:
Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
barilla; glasswort; kali; kelpwort; Salsola kali; Salsola soda; saltwort
Hypernyms ("saltwort" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches)
Meaning:
Low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Batis maritima; saltwort
Hypernyms ("saltwort" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches)
Holonyms ("saltwort" is a member of...):
Batis; genus Batis (small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs)
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