saltwort

Noun

• low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves

• bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Batis maritima , barilla , glasswort , kali , kelpwort , Salsola kali , Salsola soda