Salt·wort n. Bot. A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort.
Black saltwort, the sea milkwort.
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black saltwort
n : a small fleshy herb common along North American seashores
and in brackish marshes having pink or white flowers
[syn: sea milkwort, sea trifoly, Glaux maritima]