saltwort

n 1: bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having

prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash [syn:

{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 [syn: {Batis maritima}]