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noun
Certain plants of various genera that grow in dry, alkali soils, including the following:
Of the family Amaranthaceae, including,
Salsola and related genera within the subfamily Salsoloideae
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Certain plants of various genera that grow in dry, alkali soils, including the following:
Of the family Amaranthaceae, including,
Salicornia (syn. Sarcocornia) spp. (glasswort, pickleweed, swampfire, and marsh samphire)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Certain plants of various genera that grow in dry, alkali soils, including the following:
Of the family Amaranthaceae, including,
Tecticornia spp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Certain plants of various genera that grow in dry, alkali soils, including the following:
Of the family Amaranthaceae, including,
Suaeda spp. (seepweeds or sea blites)
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noun
Certain plants of various genera that grow in dry, alkali soils, including the following:
Of the family Amaranthaceae, including,
Halogeton spp.
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noun
Certain plants of various genera that grow in dry, alkali soils, including the following:
Of the family Bataceae
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noun
Certain plants of various genera that grow in dry, alkali soils, including the following:
Of the family Bataceae
Batis spp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Certain plants of various genera that grow in dry, alkali soils, including the following:
Of the family Bataceae
Batis spp.
Especially, Batis maritima, turtleweed, a plant distributed in the southwestern United States, Caribbean, and South America in coastal saltmarshes.
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noun
Certain plants of various genera that grow in dry, alkali soils, including the following:
Of the family Primulaceae (primroses).
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noun
Certain plants of various genera that grow in dry, alkali soils, including the following:
Of the family Primulaceae (primroses).
Lysimachia maritima (syn. Glaux maritima, sea milkwort, sea milkweed), which grows along coasts throughout the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
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noun
low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Batis maritima
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Broader terms: shrub, bush
noun
bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda
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Broader terms: shrub, bush
History
From salt + wort (“plant”).
