Noun: saltwort 'solt,wurt [N. Amer], 'sólt,wurt or 'solt,wurt [Brit]
- Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
"saltwort was historically important in the production of alkali";
- barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda
- Low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves
"Saltwort thrives in the salty soils along the Florida coast";
- Batis maritima
Derived forms: saltworts
Part of: Batis, genus Batis
Encyclopedia: Saltwort