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
- Sheep fattened on the nutritious saltbush and found enough water.
- We planted trees, willows, encouraged the saltbush which suddenly began to appear.
- By the time we bought the property in 2003 most of the native grasses were gone, only a few winged saltbush shrubs existed.
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