saltwort
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editsaltwort (countable and uncountable, plural saltworts)
- Certain plants of various genera that grow in dry, alkali soils, including the following,
- of family Amaranthaceae, including
- Salsola and related genera within subfamily Salsoloideae
- Salicornia (syn. Sarcocornia) spp. (glasswort, pickleweed, swampfire, and marsh samphire)
- Tecticornia spp.
- Suaeda spp. (seepweeds or sea blites)
- Halogeton spp.
- of family Bataceae
- Batis spp.
- especially, Batis maritima, turtleweed, a plant distributed in the southwestern United States, Caribbean, and South America in coastal saltmarshes.
- Batis spp.
- of family Primulaceae (primroses)
- Lysimachia maritima (syn. Glaux maritima, sea milkwort, sea milkweed), which grows along coasts throughout the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
- of family Amaranthaceae, including
Synonyms
edit- (Batis maritima): beachwort
Derived terms
edit- black saltwort (Lysimachia maritima, syn. Glaux maritima)
- prickly saltwort (Salsola kali, syn. Kali turgidum)
References
edit- “saltwort”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “saltwort”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- saltwort on Wikipedia.Wikipedia