salsuginous

English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin salsugo, salsuginis (“saltness”), from salsus (“salted, salt”). Compare French salsugineux.

Adjective edit

salsuginous (not comparable)

(botany) Growing in brackish places or in salt marshes.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “salsuginous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)