saltwort

• Planta arbustiva de marismas y costas marinas del Viejo Mundo, de hojas espinosas, o arbusto costero de regiones cálidas del Nuevo Mundo, de hojas gruesas y carnosas.

A noun referring to a bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches with prickly leaves, or a low-growing coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World with thick succulent leaves.

1. Bushy Old World plantC2formal

   A bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches with prickly leaves, historically burned to produce crude soda ash.

   barrilla

   • Saltwort was once harvested for its ash, used in glassmaking.
   • The prickly leaves of saltwort are adapted to salty environments.
   • Saltwort grows abundantly in coastal salt marshes.

   Sinónimosbarillaglasswortkelpwort

2. Coastal New World shrubC2formalamerican

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

   Batis marítima

   • Saltwort thrives in sandy, saline soils along the coast.
   • The thick leaves of saltwort store water for dry periods.
   • This saltwort species has distinctive conelike flower spikes.