saltbush
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Etymology
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Noun
saltbush (countable and uncountable, plural saltbushes)
- Any of the genus Atriplex of plants, especially Atriplex hortensis or Atriplex patula, found in dry habitats, that have edible leaves resembling spinach, including many desert and seashore plants and halophytes.
- Synonym: orach
- 1993, Tim Winton, Land's Edge, Picador, published 2014, page 4:
- The sand is cold beneath our bare feet and the dunes damp and spicy with marram grass and saltbush.
- 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 186:
- The blasting music, not reduced one notch, continues to flow beautifully into the static of the surrounding saltbush, conveying the aura of the religiously spiritual in all worlds.
- Sarcobatus vermiculatus (black greasewood, greasewood, seepwood)
- Baccharis halimifolia
- Synonyms: consumption weed, eastern baccharis, groundsel bush, sea myrtle
Derived terms
- berry saltbush (Chenopodium robertianum)
- climbing saltbush (Chenopodium nutans)
- four-wing saltbush (Atriplex canescens)
- nodding saltbush (Chenopodium nutans)
Translations
plant of the genus Atriplex
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See also
References
- “saltbush”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “saltbush”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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