Thesaurus: saltwort

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1. n. A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort.
2. n. bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
3. n. low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves
4. A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort. Black saltwort, the sea milkwort.
5. A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, asthe Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort. Black saltwort,the sea milkwort.
6. n bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash n low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves