HyperDic: saltbush

English > 1 sense of the word saltbush:
NOUNplantsaltbushany of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil
English > saltbush: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil.
Member ofAtriplex, genus Atriplexorach
Narrowerdesert holly, Atriplex hymenelytrahandsome low saltbush of arid southwestern United States and Mexico having blue-green prickly-edged leaves often used for Christmas decoration
quail bush, quail brush, white thistle, Atriplex lentiformisSpiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico
Broadershrub, bushA low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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