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saltwort
n 1: bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches
having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
[synonym: {saltwort}, {barilla}, {glasswort}, {kali},
{kelpwort}, {Salsola kali}, {Salsola soda}]
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: {saltwort}, {Batis maritima}]