saltbush
Any of the genus Atriplex of plants, especially Atriplex hortensis or Atriplex patula,…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.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Melde
лебеда́lebedá
лути́гаlutýha, лобода́lobodá
any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil
(countable, uncountable)Sarcobatus vermiculatus (black greasewood, greasewood, seepwood)
(countable, uncountable)Baccharis halimifolia
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Origin
From salt + bush.From salt + bush.
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Forms
plural: saltbushes| Singular | saltbush |
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Synonyms
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