saltwort

1. Any of several plants of the genus Salsola, especially S. kali, native to the Old World, having stiff, awl-shaped prickly leaves and growing on sandy seashores.
2. A strong-smelling succulent shrub (Batis maritima) native to warm coastal regions of the New World, having unisexual flowers and thick leaves that are flattened on the upper surface.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
  Synonyms: barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda

Meaning #2: low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves
  Synonym: Batis maritima

Saltwort is a common name for several genera of flowering plants, including:

• Batis, family Bataceae
• Salicornia and Salsola, family Amaranthaceae

• Salsola kali, prickly saltwort

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