saltbush
IPA: sˈɔɫtbʊʃ
noun
- 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.
- Sarcobatus vermiculatus (black greasewood, greasewood, seepwood)
- Baccharis halimifolia
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Examples of "saltbush" in Sentences
- The valleys support sagebrush steppe or saltbush vegetation.
- The highway passes through hot and arid saltbush covered terrain.
- The western Riverina consists largely of featureless saltbush plain.
- Vegetation in the area is primarily low saltbush and bluebush scrub.
- Much of the land immediately north of the line is covered by saltbush.
- In the first, species such as myrtle, mangrove and saltbush can be found.
- I would call it Atriplex, and have redirects from saltbush, orache and orach.