saltwort
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[edit]Noun
[edit]saltwort (countable and uncountable, plural saltworts)
- 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
- Salicornia (syn. Sarcocornia) spp. (glasswort, pickleweed, swampfire, and marsh samphire)
- Tecticornia spp.
- Suaeda spp. (seepweeds or sea blites)
- Halogeton spp.
- 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.
- Batis spp.
- 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.
- Of the 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