saltwort

• 指藜科猪毛菜属或盐角草属等生长在盐碱地和旧大陆海边的灌木状植物，叶常具刺；也指新大陆温暖地区低矮的海滨灌木，叶厚而多汁。

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.

   盐角草

   • 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.

   同义词barillaglasswortkelpwort

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.

   新大陆沿海灌木

   • 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.