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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

(Bot.)

A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the

Batis maritima

, and the glasswort. See

Black saltwort

the sea milkwort.

saltwort ‎(plural saltworts)

Batis maritima, a plant distributed in the southwestern United States, Caribbean, and South America in coastal saltmarshes.
Glaux maritima, a plant in the primrose family (Primulaceae) and which grows along coasts throughout the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.