SALTWORT

saltwort, Batis maritima

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

saltwort, barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda

(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

saltwort (countable and uncountable, plural saltworts)

Batis maritima, a plant distributed in the southwestern United States, Caribbean, and South America in coastal saltmarshes.

Glaux maritima, a plant in the primrose family (Primulaceae) and which grows along coasts throughout the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

Synonyms

• (Batis maritima): beachwort

Anagrams

• warlotts

Source: Wiktionary

Salt`wort`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition