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saltbush

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsɔːltˌbʊʃ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sôlt′bŏŏsh′)

salt•bush (sôlt′bŏŏsh′),USA pronunciation n.

Plant Biologyany of various plants or shrubs of the genus Atriplex, having mostly alternate leaves and clusters of inconspicuous flowers, often growing in saline or alkaline soil.

salt¹ + bush¹, so called because they thrive in saline or alkaline soils 1860–65

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saltbush /ˈsɔːltˌbʊʃ/ n

any of various chenopodiaceous shrubs of the genus Atriplex that grow in alkaline desert regions

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chamiso - goosefoot family

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