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Webster 1913 Edition


Saltwort

Salt′wortˊ

,
Noun.
(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.

Definition 2024


saltwort

saltwort

English

Noun

saltwort (plural saltworts)

  1. Batis maritima, a plant distributed in the southwestern United States, Caribbean, and South America in coastal saltmarshes.
  2. Glaux maritima, a plant in the primrose family (Primulaceae) and which grows along coasts throughout the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

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