What does "saltbush" mean?

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.

How do you pronounce "saltbush"?

Pronounced //ˈsɔːltˌbʊʃ//.

Saltbush

Q: What is a synonym for "saltbush"?

Common synonyms include: consumption weed, eastern baccharis, groundsel bush, orach, orach, sea myrtle.

//ˈsɔːltˌbʊʃ// noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
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. countable, uncountable
"The sand is cold beneath our bare feet and the dunes damp and spicy with marram grass and saltbush."
2
any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil wordnet
3
Sarcobatus vermiculatus (black greasewood, greasewood, seepwood) countable, uncountable
4
Baccharis halimifolia countable, uncountable