saltwort

• Planta halófita, geralmente arbustiva ou herbácea, que cresce em solos salgados, salinas e restingas costeiras, com folhas espessas e suculentas ou, em algumas espécies, espinhosas.

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.

   Salsola

   • 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.

   Sinônimosbarillaglasswortkelpwort

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.

   Arbusto costeiro do Novo Mundo

   • 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.