saltwort meaning

UK US

saltwort (noun): bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash.

saltwort has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

saltwort as a noun

  1. bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash

    Synonyms: barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda

    Type of: shrub

  2. low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves

    Synonyms: Batis maritima

    Type of: shrub

Scrabble score: 11 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SA · words ending in RT · 8-letter words

More about saltwort on Wikipedia.