Definitions for: Saltwort


[n] low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves
[n] bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash



Webster (1913) Definition: Salt"wort`, n. (Bot.)
A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as
the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort.

Black saltwort, the sea milkwort.

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

See Also: Batis, bush, genus Batis, shrub

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