saltbush

== English == === Etymology === From salt +‎ bush. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɒltbʊʃ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɔːltˌbʊʃ/ === Noun === saltbush (countable and uncountable, plural saltbushes) 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. Synonym: orach Sarcobatus vermiculatus (black greasewood, greasewood, seepwood) Baccharis halimifolia Synonyms: consumption weed, eastern baccharis, groundsel bush, sea myrtle ==== Derived terms ==== berry saltbush (Chenopodium robertianum) climbing saltbush (Chenopodium nutans) four-wing saltbush (Atriplex canescens) nodding saltbush (Chenopodium nutans) ==== Translations ==== === See also === saltwort === References === “saltbush”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “saltbush”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. saltbush on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Atriplex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia