Saltwort \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.
Batis maritima
n : low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of
the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes
and thick succulent leaves [syn: {saltwort}]