Definition of saltwort Saltwort
salt•wort
We found 6 definitions of saltwort from 4 different sources.
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What does saltwort mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: saltworts |
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| saltwort - low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves | ||
| Batis maritima | ||
| shrub, bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | ||
| saltwort - bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash | ||
| barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda | ||
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Wiktionary 
- saltwort (Noun)
Batis maritima , a plant distributed in the southwestern United States , Caribbean, and South America in coastal saltmarshes. - saltwort (Noun)
Glaux maritima , a plant in the primrose family Primulaceae and which grows along coasts throughout the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- saltwort (n.)
A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort.
Part of speech
🔤- saltwort, noun, singular of saltworts.
