saltbush

[ sawlt-boo sh ]
/ ˈsɔltˌbʊʃ /

noun

any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Atriplex, having mostly alternate leaves and clusters of inconspicuous flowers, often growing in saline or alkaline soil.

Origin of saltbush

1860–65; salt1 + bush1, so called because they thrive in saline or alkaline soils

Words nearby saltbush

saltatory, saltatory conduction, saltatory evolution, saltatory spasm, saltbox, saltbush, saltcellar, saltchuck, saltchucker, salteaux, salted

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British Dictionary definitions for saltbush

saltbush
/ (ˈsɔːltˌbʊʃ) /

noun

any of various chenopodiaceous shrubs of the genus Atriplex that grow in alkaline desert regions