1. Noun
A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort.
2. Noun
low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves
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3. Noun
bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
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