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saltbush

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈsɒltbʊʃ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈsɔːltˌbʊʃ/

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of the genus Atriplex of plants, especially Atriplex hortensis or Atriplex patula, found in dry habitats, that have edible leaves resembling spinach, including many desert and seashore plants and halophytes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: orach

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Sarcobatus vermiculatus (black greasewood, greasewood, seepwood)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Baccharis halimifolia

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: consumption weed, eastern baccharis, groundsel bush, sea myrtle

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shrub, bush

Narrower terms: desert holly, Atriplex hymenelytra, quail bush, quail brush, white thistle, Atriplex lentiformis

History

Etymology

From salt + bush.

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: lëpjetë — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Arabic: سَرْمَق (sarmaq) — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Arabic: قَطَف (qaṭaf) — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Arabic: رُغْل (ruḡl) — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Armenian: թալ (tʻal) — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Azerbaijani: sirkən — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Bashkir: алабута (alabuta) — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Belarusian: лебяда́ (ljebjadá) — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Bulgarian: ло́бода (lóboda) — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Catalan: blet moll — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Chinese Mandarin: 濱藜 /滨藜 (bīnlí) — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Chinese Mandarin: 濱藜屬 /滨藜属 (bīnlíshǔ) — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Czech: lebeda — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Danish: mælde — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Dutch: melde — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Erzya: марч (marč) — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Esperanto: atriplo — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Faroese: rímbløðka — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Finnish: maltsa — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • French: arroche — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • French: bonne-dame — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • German: Melde — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Ancient Greek: ἀτράφαξυς (atráphaxus) — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Hungarian: laboda — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Italian: bietolone — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Kazakh: көкпек (kökpek) — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Kazakh: алабота (alabota) — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Kyrgyz: алабата (alabata) — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Latvian: balodene — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Lithuanian: balánda — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Macedonian: лобода (loboda) — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Navajo: díkʼǫ́ǫ́zhí — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Nogai: алабота (alabota) — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Norwegian: melde — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Old English: melde — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Polish: łoboda — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Portuguese: armoles — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Romanian: lobodă — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Russian: лебеда́ (lebedá) — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Serbo-Croatian: ло̀бода — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Serbo-Croatian: lòboda — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Slovak: loboda — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Slovene: lobóda — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Lower Sorbian: łoboda — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Upper Sorbian: loboda — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Spanish: armuelle — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Swedish: målla — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Tatar: алабута (alabuta) — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Turkish: kara pazı — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Ottoman Turkish: قره پازی (kara pazı) — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Ukrainian: лути́га (lutýha) — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Ukrainian: лобода́ (lobodá) — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Uyghur: ئالاپۇتا (alaputa) — plant of the genus Atriplex
  • Uzbek: olabuta — plant of the genus Atriplex
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