Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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saltwort | Yes | No | No | No |
genus Batis | Yes | No | No | No |
saltwort (noun) | genus Batis (noun) |
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low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves | small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs |
bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash |